Orestes mouhotii
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Orestes mouhotii is an insect species belonging to the order of Phasmatodea. Because of its synyonym Orestes verruculatus, it is the type species of the genus Orestes. Because of its compact body shape, the species is sometimes referred to as small cigar stick insect.
Orestes mouhotii
Pair of the still undescribed sister species of Orestes mouhotii, which is currently called Orestes sp. 'Andaman' found on Swaraj Island, in the Andaman Islands
freshly adult female
older female
Orestes (insect)
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The genus Orestes combines relatively small and elongated Phasmatodea species from Southeast and East Asia.
Orestes (insect)
Pair of Orestes bachmaensis, initially as Pylaemenes sp. 'Bach Ma' introduced
female nymph from Orestes verruculatus, image from Redtenbacher's first description of the genus from 1906
Female of a species described in 2016 as Pylaemenes elenamikhailorum which is part of Orestes according to their habitus