New findings on the South American genus Agathemera (Phasmatodea)

SZUMIK CLAUDIA; MOLINA ALEJANDRA; RAJMIL JULIANA ; MOYANO SILVANA ROCIO; GOLOBOFF PABLO; PEREYRA VERONICA

Trento

Encuentro; XXXIII International Meeting of the Willi Henning Society; 2014

Szumik, C., A. Molina, J. Rajmil, R. Moyano, *P. Goloboff, & V. Pereyra. New findings on the South American genus Agathemera (Phasmatodea). XXXIII International Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, 6?10 Junio de 2014, Trento, Italia.The enigmatic genus Agathemera is one of the most controversial groups of phasmathodea. They are poorly represented even in major collections. Additionally, the type of dry fixation normally used for insects, there is no an accurate review of its morphology (which requires, given their softness, alcohol-preserved pecimens). In recent collecting trips to high altitudes in the Andes (up to above 4300 meters), numerous specimens of some new species were found; comparison of these with previously known species yielded several new potentially useful characters, which are analyzed here in a cladistic framework.