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Issue: Vol. 5660 No. 2: 9 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5660.2.2
Page range: 194-210
Abstract views: 65
PDF downloaded: 4

Nesiophasma davisdamaledoi sp. nov.—a new stick insect from the island of Sumba, Indonesia (Insecta: Phasmatodea)

Associate researcher for the Montréal Insectarium; 4581 rue Sherbrooke; Montréal; Québec; Canada; H1X 2B2
Central Board of the Entomological Society of Indonesia; Community Empowerment and Local Wisdom Division; Yogyakarta; Java; Indonesia
Collection manager; Montréal Insectarium; 4581 rue Sherbrooke; Montréal; Québec; Canada; H1X 2B2
Department of Plant Protection; Faculty of Agriculture; Universitas Gadjah Mada; Jln. Flora No. 1; Bulaksumur; Sleman; Yogyakarta; 55281; Indonesia
Phasmatodea Phasmida Indonesia Wallacea East Nusa Tenggara Sumba Platycraninae Stephanacridini new species keys description

Abstract

The new stick insect Nesiophasma davisdamaledoi sp. nov. from the island of Sumba is described and illustrated from both sexes and eggs. It is the first species of the genus Nesiophasma Günther, 1934 and first stick insect to be recorded from Sumba and the third species of Nesiophasma to become known from the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Information on its habitat, host plants, biology and captive breeding are provided. Updated keys to the species of Nesiophasma are presented. The holotype of the new species as well as that of the Timorese Nesiophasma sobesonbaii Hennemann et al., 2023 are deposited in the collection of Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (MZB).

 

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How to Cite

Hennemann, F.H., Damastra, G.B., Tirant, S.L. & Suputa (2025) Nesiophasma davisdamaledoi sp. nov.—a new stick insect from the island of Sumba, Indonesia (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Zootaxa, 5660 (2), 194–210. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5660.2.2