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Animalia
Neoptera
Polyneoptera
Orthopterida
Phasmida
Euphasmatodea
Aschiphasmatoidea
Aschiphasmatidae
Aschiphasmatinae
Aschiphasmatini
Parorthomeria
Parorthomeria alexis (Westwood, 1859)

species

Parorthomeria alexis (Westwood, 1859)

Alexis Stick-insect

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CollectionObject 1560629; 4f1e263e-c78a-4e70-8a15-e4ebcc5b90c0: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, data labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1560630; 81cde4ba-3fde-4f61-9420-4172a1b4f9c5: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, data labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

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CollectionObject 1560631; 8a8909ba-d2f3-41cd-9b95-c3b734dbdf07: copyright UMO. male (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

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CollectionObject 1560631; 8a8909ba-d2f3-41cd-9b95-c3b734dbdf07: copyright UMO. male: head & thorax, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

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CollectionObject 1560631; 8a8909ba-d2f3-41cd-9b95-c3b734dbdf07: copyright UMO. male: end of thorax, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1560631; 8a8909ba-d2f3-41cd-9b95-c3b734dbdf07: copyright UMO. male: end of thorax, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

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Nomenclature (21)

Aschipasma alexis Westwood, 1859: 94, pl. 28:3.
Lectotype; male; 8a8909ba-d2f3-41cd-9b95-c3b734dbdf07; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM);
Orthomeria alexis (Westwood, 1859) in Kirby, 1904: 420.
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Ascepasma [sic] alexis Westwood, 1859 in Redtenbacher, 1906: 77.
Ascepasma [sic] alexis Westwood, 1859 in Bruner, 1915: 230.
Ascepasma [sic] alexis Westwood, 1859 in Werner, 1934: 2.
Orthomeria alexis (Westwood, 1859) in Günther, 1935: 4.
Aschiphasma alexis Westwood, 1859 in Vanschuytbroeck & Cools, 1981: 23. Specimen or distribution
Orthomeria alexis (Westwood, 1859) in Bragg, 2001: 306, fig. 110.
Orthomeria alexis (Westwood, 1859) in Zompro, 2004: 90. Phylogeny or classification
Orthomeria alexis (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, Grinang & Naming, 2004: 393.
Orthomeria alexis (Westwood, 1859) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 240.
Orthomeria (Parorthomeria) alexis (Westwood, 1859) in Bragg, 2006: 14, figs.
Orthomeria alexis (Westwood, 1859) in Abercrombie, 2010: 7. Specimen or distribution
Orthomeria alexis (Westwood, 1859) in Shimizu-Kaya & Itioka, 2015
Parorthomeria alexis (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 159. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Parorthomeria alexis (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2016: 357, figs. Image or description
Parorthomeria alexis (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2017: 187, figs. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Parorthomeria alexis (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2019
Parorthomeria alexis (Westwood, 1859) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 310, 504, fig. Image or description; Specimen or distribution

Aschipasma alexis Westwood, 1859 in Seow-Choen, 2025: 298. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Parorthomeria alexis (Westwood, 1859) in Bragg, 2025: 85. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (21)

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/
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Bragg, P.E. (2006) A new subgenus of Orthomeria Kirby, 1904 and a new species from Danum Valley, Sabah. Phasmid Studies, 14(1-2), 12–19. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207204#page/16/mode/1up

Bragg, P.E. (2025) A review of the cockroaches, mantids and phasmids from Niah national park, Sarawak (Insecta: Blattodea, Mantodea, and Phasmida). The Sarawak Museum Journal, 89(110), 73–91.

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., Marshall, J.A., Beccaloni, G.W. & Harman, A.J.E. (2016) The types of Phasmida in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Zootaxa, 4179(2), 151–208. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/309585799_The_types_of_Phasmida_in_the_Natural_History_Museum_London_UK

Bruner, L. (1915) Preliminary catalogue of the orthopteroid insects of the Philippine Islands. University studies of the University of Lincoln, Nebraska, 15(2), 195–281. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94891#page/266/mode/1up

Günther, K. (1935) Phasmoiden aus Centralborneo. Gesammelt von Dr. Mjöberg 1925-26. Arkiv för Zoologi, (9), 1–29.

Kirby, W.F. (1904) A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae). The Trustees of the British Museum, London, Vol. 1, 501 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29661

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

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. (2017) A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo: Vol. II. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Kota Kinabalu, 261 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/book/a-taxonomic-guide-to-the-stick-insects-of-borneo-vol-2/

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.

Seow-Choen, F., Grinang, J. & Naming, M. (2004) Phasmids. In Sarawak Bau Limestone Biodiversity. Sarawak Museum Department. Sarawak Museum Journal, Volume 59, No 80, Kuching. pp. 391–401. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francis_Seow-Choen

Shimizu-Kaya, U. & Itioka, T. (2015) Host-plant use by two Orthomeria (Phasmida: Aschiphasmatini) species feeding on Macaranga myrmecophytes. Entomological Science, 18, 113–122. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ens.12093/abstract

Vanschuytbroeck, P. & Cools, J. (1981) Catalogue et liste du material typique des Phasmatodea conserve dans les collections Entomologiques de l´Institut Royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique. Orthopteroidea: Phasmatodea Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902 (=Cheleutoptera Crompton, 1915). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 53(23), 1–26. Available at http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletins-de-linstitut-royal-des-sciences-naturelles-de-belgique-entomologie/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-entomology/vanschuytbroeck_catalogue_1981

Werner, F.J.M. (1934) Mantides et Phasmides recueillis dans les Indes Orientales. Bulletin du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, 10(22), 1–5. Available at http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-natural-history-museum/10-1934/vol-10-1934

Westwood, J.O. (1859) Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. British Museum, London, 196 pp, 48 pl. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofortho00brituoft
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

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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	5	6