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Orthomeria kangi Vallotto, Bresseel, Heitzmann & Gottardo, 2016

Nomenclature (4)

  • Orthomeria (Orthomeria) kangi Vallotto, Bresseel, Heitzmann & Gottardo, 2016

    Holotype; male; c1041fad-dacd-471e-9fd1-429c62933138; deposited at: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 'Giacomo Doria' (MSNG); Philippines: Luzon Island, Benguet, Sablang, Barangay Bayabas

  • Orthomeria kangi Vallotto, Bresseel, Heitzmann & Gottardo, 2016 in Woodley, 2020: 20, figs.
  • Orthomeria kangi Vallotto, Bresseel, Heitzmann & Gottardo, 2016 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 504. Specimen or distribution
  • Orthomeria kangi Vallotto, Bresseel, Heitzmann & Gottardo, 2016 in Cumming & Le Tirant, 2025: 2, 10. Key

Nomenclature references (4)

  • 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
  • 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)
  • Vallotto, D., Bresseel, J., Heitzmann, T. & Gottardo, M. (2016) A black-and-red stick insect from the Philippines - observations on the external anatomy and natural history of a new species of Orthomeria. ZooKeys, 559, 35–57. Available at http://zoobank.org/925D7393-0B7B-466D-93A9-C737F1671D82
  • Woodley, C. (2020) Two Orthomeria species. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 145, 20–21.

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