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Moxey — Phas?natodea 
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During the day, it may assume a resting attitude as shown in Figure 
36, although it will also rest on the substrate (Figures 37 and 38). 
ii) Secondary defence — The insect does not display and has almost 
no escape behavior. It is in general unresponsive to tactile stimula- 
tion, although it may move the stimulated part of the body away 
from the source of the disturbance (Figure 39). After repeated 
pinching, it will walk away slowly, rocking moderately as it does 
so, and then assume a resting position again. If grasped, the insect 
becomes immobile, with the fore limbs protracted, and the inter- 
mediate and posterior limbs extended in the lateral plane (Figure 
40) . The species will not regurgitate, and, although defensive gland 
openings are present on the pronotum, the gland is much reduced 
and probably non-functional (Figure 41). In a 70 mm specimen 
of A. iphhnedeicij the gland is only 2 mm long, whereas in an 
Anisomorpha buprestoides (Stoll) of the same length, the gland is 
10 mm long (Figure 42). 
Holotype: A female, preserved in alcohol. El Verde Research 
Station, El Verde, Puerto Rico. 22.iii.70. T. P. Webster, (mcz). 
Allotype: A male, preserved in alcohol. Same data as type. 
Copulated with female type in plastic collecting bag. (mcz). 
Paratypic material: El Yunque, P. R. Alt. 1600 ft. Feb. 22, 
1927. Coll: S. T. Danforth. r$ G (ansp). El Toro Trail, 1st. 
This specimen is contained in the type collection of the Academy of 
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia under J. A. G. Rehn’s manuscript name 
“Lamponius danforthi,” with type number 5709. 
Figure 29. A. iphimedeia. Female, sternite VII and base of subgenital 
plate. PO, praeopercular organ; S, lateral spine, just below which can be 
seen the small additional spine. 
Figure 30. A. thomae. Female, sternite VII and base of subgenital 
plate. PO, praeopercular organ; S, lateral spine. 
Figure 31. A. iphimedeia. Female, ventral view of apex of abdomen 
with the subgenital plate removed to show the crossed ovipositor valves. 
IV, inferior valve of ovipositor; SAP, supraanal plate; SV, superior 
valve of ovipositor. 
Figure 32. A. iphimedeia. Eggs in dissected female, (cfm). M, micro- 
pylar plate; O, operculum. 
Figure 33. A. thomae. Eggs in female abdomen. M, micropylar plate; 
O, operculum. 
Figure 34. A. iphimedeia. Penultimate nymphal instar of female, (cfm). 
Note the regenerating left hind leg. 
Figure 35. A. iphimedeia. Nymphal female, ventral view of apex of 
abdomen, (cfm). SGP, subgenital plate. 
Figure 36. A. iphimedeia. Female resting on twig. (cfm). 
Figure 37. A. iphimedeia . Female resting on ground, (cfm). 
