Contributions to neotropical Phasmatodea taxonomy
I work on the taxonomy and systematics of phasmids, with a particular interest in American fauna — though my publications include a couple of species described from Europe and Southeast Asia. Much of that work has been carried out in collaboration with researchers from different countries and institutions, combining my own field expeditions with review of material in institutional collections.
To date I have participated in the description of 29 species and 4 new genera for science, with many more new taxa currently pending publication.
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Conle, O.V., Hennemann, F.H., Valero, P., Schwarz, C.J., Engelking, P.W., Neves, P.A.B.A., Chiquetto-Machado, P.I. & Ghirotto, V.M. (2025). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 65: e202565036. https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2025.65.036
Conle, O.V., Valero, P. & Hennemann, F.H. (2024). ZooKeys, 1217: 309–326. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1217.130397
Ghirotto, V.M., Conle, O., Hennemann, F., Valero, P. & Cancello, E.M. (2024). Zootaxa, 5536(1): 59–98. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5536.1.2
Ghirotto, V.M., Crispino, E.B., Engelking, P.W., Neves, P.A.B.A., Valero, P., et al. (2024). Biologia, 79: 2707–2769. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-024-01699-1
Forni, G., Martelossi, J., Valero, P., Hennemann, F., Conle, O., Luchetti, A. & Mantovani, B. (2022). Systematic Biology, 71(6): 1471–1486. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syac038
Hennemann, F.H., Conle, O.V., Valero, P. & Nishida, K. (2022). Zootaxa, 5208(1): 1–72. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5208.1.1
Hennemann, F.H., Conle, O.V. & Valero, P. (2021). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 57(3): 273–282. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2020.1867951
Conle, O.V., Hennemann, F.H. & Valero, P. (2020). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 29(1): 101–114. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.29.51328
Hennemann, F.H., Conle, O.V., Perez-Gelabert, D.E. & Valero, P. (2020). Novitates Caribaea, 16: 58–79. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi16.227
Conle, O.V., Hennemann, F.H., Bellanger, Y., Lelong, P., Jourdan, T. & Valero, P. (2020). Zootaxa, 4814(1): 1–136. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4814.1.1
Cumming, R.T., Valero, P. & Teemsma, S.N. (2018). Insecta Mundi, 0677: 1–9. https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/0677
Valero, P. & Ortiz, A.S. (2015). Zootaxa, 4058(4): 535–550. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4058.4.5
I have contributed to the description of 4 new genera and 29 new species for science, distributed across 10 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe and Southeast Asia.
All descriptions follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) and are registered in ZooBank.
Described genera
Described species (29)
French Guiana · 2020
Agrostia longicerca · Cladomorphus guianensis · Dinelytron cahureli · Hirtuleius gracilis · Isagoras similis · Paragrostia brulei · Paraprisopus apterus · Paraprisopus multicolorus · Parastratocles fuscomarginatus · Parastratocles rosanti · Phanocles procerus · Phanocloidea lobulatipes · Prexaspes globosicaput · Prexaspes guianensis · Prisopus clarus · Prisopus conocephalus
Brazil · 2024–2025
Atlantopteryx parva · Atlantopteryx scotina · Exocnophila ovifuscum · Urucumania oriomadeirensis
Caribbean — Hispaniola · 2020
Sigaruphasma armatum · Sigaruphasma bouladoui · Taraxippus perezgelaberti · Taraxippus samarae
Central America — Costa Rica · 2022
Pterinoxylus cocoense · Pterinoxylus speciosus
Ecuador · 2024
Trychopeplus mashpiensis
Indonesia · 2018
Phyllium conlei
Spain · 2015
Pijnackeria recondita
29
Species Described
4
Genera Described
12
Publications
10+
Countries Studied
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