Tisamenus (insect)
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The genus Tisamenus, endemic to the Philippines, currently includes 24 valid, small to medium-sized species of stick insects. A relatively rarely used common name for the genus is triangular back stic
Tisamenus overview
Male of Tisamenus alviolanus
Preparation of a male of Tisamenus hebardi (Syn. Ilocano hebardi)
Female of Tisamenus sp. 'San Pablo' from the collection of Thies H. Büscher
Tisamenus draconinus
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Tisamenus draconinus is a species of stick insect in the family Heteropterygidae endemic to the Philippine islanda of Luzon, Polillo and Leyte.
Tisamenus (insect)
…in 1848 to this genus, namely Phasma (Pachymorpha) deplanatum (current name Tisamenus deplanatus) and Phasma (Pachymorpha) draconinum (current name Tisamenus draconinus). The name "Tisamenus" (Ancient Greek: Τισαμενός) is the name of several people in classical antiquity and greek mythology. James Abram Garfield Rehn…
Tisamenus draconinus Cagayan pair
Differentiation of a) Tisamenus draconinus and b) Tisamenus napalaki based on the metapleural spines
Drawing from the 1848 species description by Westwood
Pair of the breeding stock from Cagayan