Description of the female, egg and first instar nymph of the stick insect Paraphasma paulense (Phasmatodea: Pseudophasmatidae) from Southeast Brazil

By

Chiquetto-Machado, Pedro Ivo
Albertoni, Fabiano F.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-10-13

Original Publication

Journal of orthoptera research : JOR

Volume

26

Pages

91--101

Subjects

Atlantic forest , Biology , Morphology , Neotropical , Stratocleinae , Stratocleini

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Philadelphia, Penn Orthopterists' Society 1992-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.26.20180

 

Abstract

The stick insect Paraphasma paulense was described based on one male from the vicinity of São Paulo city, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Here we describe and illustrate the female, egg and first instar nymph of the species, including scanning electron micrographs of the egg. In addition, we give brief behavioural reports and present a few comments on the biology and morphology of P. paulense.