Nesiophasma

Nesiophasma[1] is a genus of very large stick insects within the order Phasmatodea and the tribe of Stephanacridini. Known species occur in Sulawesi, Selayar Island south of Sulawesi, Sangir Island, Lesser Sunda Islands (Romang Island), and New Guinea. The largest in the list of species is Nesiophasma giganteum, with females reaching a body length of 30 cm (12 inches).

Nesiophasma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Platycraninae
Tribe: Stephanacridini
Genus: Nesiophasma
Günther, 1935
Synonyms

Mylothrus Günther, 1935

Species

The Phasmida Species File lists:

  • Nesiophasma giganteum Hennemann, Le Tirant & Purwanto, 2021
  • Nesiophasma kuehni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
  • Nesiophasma oligarches (Günther, 1935)
  • Nesiophasma plateni (Dohrn, 1910)
  • Nesiophasma sananaense Hennemann, 2021
  • Nesiophasma spinulosum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
  • Nesiophasma turbans (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
  • Nesiophasma zanum Hennemann, 1999

References
  1. Günther, 1935 Mitteilungen der Deutschen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 5:5-9
  • Hennemann, Frank. (2021). Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia—a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa(Insecta: Phasmatodea). Zootaxa. 5073. 1-189. 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1.
  • Hennemann, Frank. (2020). Megacraniinae-The Palm Stick Insects: A new subfamily of Old World Phasmatodea and a redefinition of Platycraninae Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1893 (Phasmatodea: "Anareolatae"). Zootaxa. 4896. 151-179. 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.2.1.
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