Nesiophasma giganteum
Appearance
Nesiophasma giganteum | |
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Nesiophasma giganteum mating, photographed by Hari Purwanto | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Phasmatidae |
Genus: | Nesiophasma |
Species: | N. giganteum
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Binomial name | |
Nesiophasma giganteum Hennemann, Le Tirant & Purwanto, 2021
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Nesiophasma giganteum[1] is a recently described species of stick insect, order Phasmatodea. It is endemic to Peleng.[2] Adult females are large, typically measuring 250–300mm (10–12 inches) in body length. Both sexes are wingless.
Gallery[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Nesiophasma_giganteum_ova.jpg/220px-Nesiophasma_giganteum_ova.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Nesiophasma_giganteum_eggs.jpg/220px-Nesiophasma_giganteum_eggs.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Nesiophasma_giganteum_nymph.jpg/220px-Nesiophasma_giganteum_nymph.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Nesiophasma_giganteum_female.jpg/220px-Nesiophasma_giganteum_female.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Nesiophasma_giganteum_male.jpg/220px-Nesiophasma_giganteum_male.jpg)
References[edit]
- ^ Hennemann, Frank H., 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), pp. 1–189: 106–113
- ^ Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0); retrieved 23 April 2022)