A new species of stick insect (Phasmatodea: Heteropterygidae: Obriminae: Obrimini) from Cebu Island, Philippines

Creator

Oliver V. Zompro, Max Planck Institute for Limnology
Orlando L. Eusebio, University of the Philippines Los Banos

Issue Date

4-2001

Abstract

A new species of Theramenes Stål, 1875, Theramenes mandirigma Zompro & Eusebio sp. nov. (Phasmatodea: Heteropterygidae: Obriminae: Obrimini), is described and illustrated from the Philippine island of Cebu. It differs from the only other species in the genus, T. olivaceus (Westwood, 1859), by the number of tubercles on the tergum and the smaller size

Source or Periodical Title

Philippine Entomologist

ISSN

0048-3753

Volume

15

Issue

1

Page

23-26

Document Type

Article

Frequency

omproomprosemi-annually

Physical Description

illustrations

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Zompro, Oliver V. and Eusebio, Orlando L., "A new species of stick insect (Phasmatodea: Heteropterygidae: Obriminae: Obrimini) from Cebu Island, Philippines" (2001). Journal Article. 5961.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/journal-articles/5961

En – AGROVOC descriptors

PHASMIDA; INSECTA; PEST INSECTS; ANIMAL MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES; PHILIPPINES