Stick insects (Phasmatodea) from the archipelago of Guadeloupe: updates on distribution, ecology, and taxonomy

Abstract

Summary This review summarizes and reports new records for stick insects from Guadeloupe archipelago, based on inventories conducted both in Guadeloupe and island dependencies (La Désirade, Marie-Galante, Les Saintes and Petite Terre). The distribution range of the endemic species Bacteria donskoffi (Lelong & Langlois, 1998) and Clonistria guadeloupensis Redtenbacher, 1908 is further updated. New host plants are listed for all Guadeloupean stick insect species. The previously undescribed egg of Diapherodes angulata (Fabricius, 1793) is presented; Hesperophasma pavisae Langlois & Lelong, 1998 is considered as a new synonym of Lamponius guerini (Saussure, 1868), and Clonistria guadeloupensis is suggested as a species complex to be further detailed rather than a dichotomous species pool based on body size.