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Phasmatodea; Echetlus Stål; Ernodes Redtenbacher; Echetlus evoneobertii n. sp.; Eucalyptus spp.; Australia; Brazil; introduced species
Abstract:
A new species of Phasmatodea, Echetlus evoneobertii ZOMPRO & ADIS n. sp., is described from Southern Brazil, where it is likely to have been introduced. This species is destructive to Eucalyptus urophylla S. T. BLAKE (Myrtaceae) which was imported from Australia. Ernodes sumatranus REDTENBACHER, 1908, is designated as type-species for Ernodes REDTENBACHER, 1908, which is restituted as valid genus. Bacunculus tener BRUNNER V. W., 1907, is a new synonym of the type-species Echetlus peristhenes (WESTWOOD, 1859). With that Echetlus includes the following species: Parasipyloidea cercata REDTENBACHER, 1908, Bacillus peridromes WESTWOOD, 1859, Anophelepis periphanes WESTWOOD, 1859, Bacillus peristhenes WESTWOOD, 1859.
