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

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 an...

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Published inJournal of orthoptera research Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 171 - 176
Main Authors de Luna, Manuel, García-Barrios, Roberto, Cuéllar-Rodríguez, Gerardo, López-Mora, Ulises
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pensoft Publishers 21.09.2023
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Mexico
North America
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1082-6467
1937-2426
DOI:10.3897/jor.32.98203