Lonchodiodes samarensis
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Lonchodiodes samarensis is an insect species from the order of the Gespenstschrecken (phasmatodea). Occasionally the species is referred to by the German name Bunte Samar stick insect, which refers to the color and origin of the animals.
features
The species, wingless in both sexes, shows the typical habitus of stick insects. The females reach a length of 120 millimeters, while the males are only about 85 millimeters long. The antennae are about 3/4 as long as the body of the males. Those of the females are shorter, but still protrude beyond the outstretched front legs. The dominant color of the females is a dull green (fern green). A faded light brown is only found on the joints of the legs. This is even stronger in the youth drawing of the last two nymph stages and stands out from the still strong olive to yellow-green basic color in this development phase . In addition, the subadult animals have a conspicuous, light band and white spots at the base of the legs between the green and brown part of the thigh . The males are still very vividly drawn even as adults . Your abdomen is green-brown in color. The mostly green legs create a clear contrast to the orange-brown color of the head, thorax and the joints of the legs. The light areas on the thighs and on the thorax above the hips are also clearly visible.
Occurrence
The occurrence of Lonchodiodes samarensis is limited to the Philippine island of Samar , more precisely to the northern province of Northern Samar , where the species was collected by Andy Maluche in the area of the municipality of Bobon .
Way of life and reproduction
Both the nymphs and the adults remain motionless in the food plants during the day and only begin to feed on them at dusk. Adult females start laying three to five eggs a day a few days after mating, which are then dropped on the ground. The black-brown eggs are a good three millimeters long and almost two millimeters wide and are characterized by a mushroom-shaped capitulum on the lid. After about three to four months, the initially dark brown, almost black nymphs hatch, which only become increasingly green in later stages and take about three to five months to develop into an adult insect.
Name and system
The species, already bred by Philip Bragg in 2001, was initially known as Carausius spec. PSG 230 known, which goes back to the numbering of the phasmid study group's breeding ghosts . It was not until 2007 that it was described as a type of the newly established genus Lonchodiodes . The specific epithet refers to where they were found. The male holotype as well as three paratypes (one male and two females) and four eggs are deposited in the Zoological State Collection in Munich . Further paratypes can be found in the University of the Philippines in Los Baños , in the Natural History Museum in Vienna , in the Natural History Museum in London and in the collection of Frank H. Hennemann .
Terrarium keeping
Lonchodiodes samarensis is a creep that is easy to look after in the terrarium . It is easy to keep and grow at room temperature. Among other things, blackberry leaves are eaten , which should be placed as leafy twigs in narrow-necked vases in the terrarium and occasionally sprayed with water. The eggs can be left in the terrarium if a slightly moist substrate covers the ground.
The species is still listed by the Phasmid Study Group under PSG number-230.
photos
male
differently colored males
subadult female
Eggs
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Oliver Zompro : Basic knowledge of pasmids - biology - keeping - breeding . Sungaya Verlag, Berlin 2012, p. 45, ISBN 978-3-943592-00-9
- ↑ www.phasmid-study-group.org ( Memento of April 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) - PSG page about Lonchodiodes samarensis
- ↑ a b c d www.strasilky.cz (PDF; 162 kB) - An Introduction To Carausius sp. PSG 230 By Natalie Ford
- ↑ a b www.phasmida.speciesfile.org - Taxonomic database of ghost horrors
- ↑ www.phasmatodea.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Phasmatodea page by Oskar V. Conle and Frank H. Hennemann on Lonchodiodes samarensis
- ^ Oskar V. Conle and Frank H. Hennemann: Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologische Gesellschaft , Volume 97, year 2007, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil Munich, ISSN 0340-4943
- ↑ www.zsm.mwn.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Collection holdings of the Hemiptera section of the Munich State Zoological Collection
- ^ Paul D. Brock : Phasmida Species File Online . Version 2.1 / 3.5. , accessed June 14, 2009
- ↑ Phasmid Study Group Culture List ( Memento from December 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (English)
Web links
- www.mantisuniverse.net - Images of Lonchodiodes samarensis (span.)