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 deplanatus
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Tisamenus deplanatus is a stick insect species native to the north of the Philippine island of Luzon. A relatively rarely used common name for the species is flat stick insect, which in turn refers to
Tisamenus (insect)
…1904. Stål also transferred two species described by John Obadiah Westwood 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…
Tisamenes deplanatus 'Ilocos'
Males of a) Tisamenus cervicornis with flat topsite and b) Tisamenus deplanatus with two humps on the posterior edges of Meso- and Metanotum
Females of a) Tisamenus cervicornis and b) Tisamenus deplanatus with comparison of the shape and size of the triangles on the mesonotum
holotype from the Natural History Museum, London