Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
       Home       Search       Taxa       Key       Help       Wiki





Data for specimen record

Identification
Current: species Sermyle elegantior (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
Historical: Libethra elegantior; holotype of species Sermyle elegantior (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907); cited by Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1907. (Usually bound in one volume, Brunner & Redtenbacher 1906-08, published in three parts: Redtenbacher 1906, 1908; Brunner 1907). Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. II. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). Phasmiden:181-338, pls 7-15
Specimen
Basis of record: not specified
Counts: Females 1
Depository: NHMUK, London NH Mus.; catalog number 844531
Data source: not recorded
Other: condition, damaged; note, abdomen broken off and missing
Locality
Mexico: Omilteme, Guerrero; 244 meters; Modern (is included in map)
Collecting event
(No date recorded); H.H. Smith
Images      
female (holotype), copyright Natural History Museum, London
female, lateral view (holotype), copyright Natural History Museum, London
female: head and thorax, lateral view (holotype), copyright Natural History Museum, London
female, close up of hind part of thorax, first abdominal segments, lateral view (holotype), copyright Natural History Museum, London
female, data labels (holotype), copyright Natural History Museum, London
Sounds      
None
Ecological relationships      
None
 

Creative Commons BY-SA       Home       Search       Taxa       Key       Help       Wiki      |      Top of page
Copyright © 2024.  Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.