Species

Orthomeria superba (Redtenbacher, 1906)

CollectionObject 1560639; NMW 93, de064111-7e21-4cd4-955e-496d335ee938: copyright NMW. male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1560639; NMW 93, de064111-7e21-4cd4-955e-496d335ee938: copyright NMW. male: end of abdomen, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1560640; 17f4809e-74b7-4974-93ad-45b3307dbf01: copyright NMW. male and female (paralectotypes). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1560641; 1e137054-e6b2-49c2-89df-99073bc59bc0: copyright NMW. male and female (paralectotypes). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1560644; 27983148-28ed-4c9a-81a0-42bba59d8cb2: copyright MNHN, Paris. female (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (13)

Ascepasma [sic] superbum Redtenbacher, 1906: 77.
Lectotype; male; NMW 93; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Kina-Balu
Orthomeria superbum (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Sellick, 1998: 209. Phylogeny or classification

Ascepasma [sic] superbum Redtenbacher, 1906 in Seow-Choen, 2025: 295. Specimen or distribution; Image or description
Orthomeria superba (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Cumming & Le Tirant, 2025: 2, 10. Key

Nomenclature references (13)

Abercrombie, I. (2010) Kubah National Park. Phasma, 20(77), 7–9.
Bragg, P.E. (2001) Phasmids of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 771 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/book/phasmids-of-borneo/

Brock, P.D. & Büscher, T.H. (2022) Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids. NAP Editions, France: Verrières-le-Buisson, 612 pp. Available at http://www.napeditions.com/en/67-stick-and-leaf-insects-of-the-world.html

Brock, P.D. (1998) Catalogue of type-specimens of Stick- and Leaf-Insects in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Insecta: Phasmida). Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien: Vol. 13(5). Naturhistorischen Museum Wien, 72 pp. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/kat-nhmw_13_0003-0072.pdf

Cumming, R.T. & Le Tirant, S. (2025) Golden Orthomeria Kirby, 1904; two new species with uncommon coloration (Aschiphasmatidae: Phasmatodea). Faunitaxys. Revue de Faunistique, Taxonomie et Systématique morphologique et moléculaire, 13(47), 1–11. Available at https://doi.org/10.57800/faunitaxys-13(47)

Delfosse, E., Cliquennois, N., Depraetere, M. & Robillard, T. (2019) Catalogue des types de la collection de phasmes du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris (Insecta, Phasmatodea). Zoosystema, 41(11), 181–235. Available at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/41/11

Otte, D. & Brock, P.D. (2005) In Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world. The Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 414 pp. Available at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24725959-phasmida-species-file

Redtenbacher, J. (1906) Phasmidae Areolatae. In Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. Vol. 1, 1–180, pls 1–6. [in German] Available at http://www.archive.org/details/DieInsektenfamilieDerPhasmidenVol.1

Sellick, J.T.C. (1998) The micropylar plate of the eggs of Phasmida, with a survey of the range of plate form within the order. Systematic Entomology, 23, 203–228. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-3113.1998.00056.x

Seow-Choen, F. (2016) A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, 454 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/book/taxonomic-guide-stick-insects-borneo/

Seow-Choen, F. (2019) A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo: Vol. III. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, 278 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/book/a-taxonomic-guide-to-the-stick-insects-of-borneo-vol-3/

Seow-Choen, F. (2025) A Photographic Guide: Stick Insects of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), 387 pp.
Zompro, O. (2004) Revision of the genera of the Areolatae, including the status of Timema and Agathemera (Insecta, Phasmatodea). Goecke & Evers, Keltern-Weiler, Germany, 327 pp. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/313233330_Revision_of_the_genera_of_the_Areolatae_including_the_status_of_Timema_and_Agathemera_Insecta_Phasmatodea

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	2	3