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
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
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 deplanatus
…stick insect, which in turn refers to the species name "deplanatus" what means something like "flattened". Tisamenus deplanatus is a relatively unspined Tisamenus species. The males are 38 to 43 millimetres (1.5 to 1.7 in), the wider females about 56 to 67 millimetres (2.2 to 2.6 in) long. On the flat head there…
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