DOI: 10.1111/aen.70096 ISSN: 2052-174X
A Revision of Australian
Anchiale
Stål, 1875 (Phasmida: Phasmatidae), with the Description of Two New Species
Braxton R. Jones, Paul D. Brock, Ross M. Coupland, Angus Emmott, Nathan Lo ABSTRACT
The Australian species of the Phasmida genus
Anchiale
Stål, 1875 (Phasmatinae: Phasmatini) are updated to include five species:
Anchiale albopunctata
(Kirby, 1896)
stat. rev.
(removed from synonymy with
A. briareus
(Gray, 1834));
A. briareus
Gray, 1834 (=
Ctenomorpha tessulata
Gray, 1835
syn. nov.
; =
A. austrotessulata
Brock & Hasenpush, 2007, replacement name for
C. tessulata
Gray, 1835),
A. mabiensis
Coupland & Emmott,
sp. nov.
;
A. robusta
Brock & Jones,
sp. nov.
; and
A. spinicollis
Gray, 1833. Lectotypes are designated for
Ctenomorpha albopunctatum
Kirby, 1896,
C. nigrovaria
Stål, 1875 (=
A. briareus
) and
C. tessulata
Gray, 1835. These taxonomic decisions are supported by Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood phylogenetic analyses based on the mitochondrial
COXI
gene fragment of all species except
A. spinicollis
.
Anchiale albopunctata
is currently known from mideastern Queensland,
A. briareus
from north‐eastern New South Wales and south‐eastern Queensland,
A. mabiensis
sp. nov
. and
A. robusta
sp. nov
. from tropical eastern Queensland, and
A. spinicollis
from the Northern Territory. A dichotomous key to all Australian species of
Anchiale
and their eggs is provided.