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species Peruphasma marmoratum Murányi, 2007

• Distribution:
  •  
   Venezuela
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. found under stones in the nival belt of the Pico Espejo. This peak is part of the granite chain of the Sierra Nevada and close to the Pico Bolivar (5008 m), the highest point of the Cordillera de Mérida. The habitat of this insect is rather cold and wet, the vegetation consisting of mosses, lichens and a few vascular plants in wind shelters of stones and rocks
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations:
  • Murányi. 2007. Zootaxa 1398:58, figs. >> Peruphasma marmoratum    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:8937
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 566   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Peruphasma marmoratum
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Southern America, Northern South America, Venezuela, Mérida state, Andes – Cordillera de Mérida, Mérida, Parque National Sierra Nevada, Pico Espejo, nival region of the peak around the cable car terminal station
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  HNHM Budapest, Natural History Museum

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