Nesiophasma[1] is a genus of very large stick insects within the order Phasmatodea and the tribe of Stephanacridini. This genus is found in Wallacea west of Weber’s Line: Sulawesi, Peleng Island, Selayar Island, Kalaotoa Island, Sanana Island, Romang Island, Timor Island, Sangihe Island and Talaud Islands. New Guinea with doubt . The largest in the list of species is Nesiophasma giganteum, with females reaching a body length of 30 cm (12 inches).
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| Adult female Nesiophasma sobesonbaii from Timor Photographed by Davis Damaledo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Phasmatidae |
| Subfamily: | Platycraninae |
| Tribe: | Stephanacridini |
| Genus: | Nesiophasma Günther, 1935 |
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Mylothrus Günther, 1935 | |
Species edit
The Phasmida Species File lists:
- Nesiophasma giganteum Hennemann, Le Tirant & Purwanto, 2021
- Nesiophasma kuehni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
- Nesiophasma oligarches (Günther, 1935)
- Nesiophasma plateni (Dohrn, 1910)
- Nesiophasma sananaense Hennemann, 2021
- Nesiophasma sobesonbaii Hennemann, Damastra, Damaledo, Cumming, & Le Tirant, 2023
- Nesiophasma spinulosum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
- Nesiophasma turbans (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
- Nesiophasma zanum Hennemann, 1999
References edit
- ^ Günther, 1935 Mitteilungen der Deutschen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 5:5-9
- Hennemann, Le Tirant & Purwanto, 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. 1-189. 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1.
- Hennemann, Frank. (2020). Megacraniinae-The Palm Stick Insects: A new subfamily of Old World Phasmatodea and a redefinition of Platycraninae Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1893 (Phasmatodea: "Anareolatae"). Zootaxa. 4896. 151-179. 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.2.1.
- Hennemann F. H., Damastra G.B., Damaledo D.M., Cumming R.T. & Le Tirant S., (2023). Nesiophasma sobesonbaii n. sp. A new giant stick insect from the island of Timor, Indonesia (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Faunitaxys, 11(20): 1-13.