A new record of a winged stick insect (Phasmatodea) from Mexico, with a checklist and key to the species of the family Pseudophasmatidae from continental North America

By

De Luna, Manuel
García-Barrios, Roberto
Cuéllar-Rodríguez, Gerardo
López-Mora, Ulises

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-9-21

Original Publication

Journal of orthoptera research : JOR

Volume

32

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

171--176

Subjects

Metriophasma iphicles , neotropics phasmid Phasmida Veracruz

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Philadelphia, Penn Orthopterists' Society 1992-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.32.98203

 

Abstract

The winged stick insect Metriophasma iphicles (Redtenbacher, 1906) (Phasmatodea: Pseudophasmatidae) is recorded for the first time from Mexico (state of Veracruz), making this the northernmost record of both the species and genus. A checklist of species in the family Pseudophasmatidae from Mexico and the USA is presented, and a key to the species listed is proposed. With the current record, the number of continental North American species of Phasmatodea increases to 108, and the number of genera in the region increases to 23.