species

Tisamenus armadillo Redtenbacher, 1906

CollectionObject 1562226; 2b9e732d-6b8a-406e-b7a6-c68666cf268a: copyright SMTD, from Zompro, 2001. female (lectotype), male - below. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562226; 2b9e732d-6b8a-406e-b7a6-c68666cf268a: copyright SMTD, photo by Christian Schmidt. female, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562226; 2b9e732d-6b8a-406e-b7a6-c68666cf268a: copyright SMTD, photo by Christian Schmidt. female: head & thorax, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562226; 2b9e732d-6b8a-406e-b7a6-c68666cf268a: copyright SMTD, photo by Christian Schmidt. end of abdomen, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562226; 2b9e732d-6b8a-406e-b7a6-c68666cf268a: copyright SMTD, photo by Christian Schmidt. end of abdomen, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

Tisamenus armadillo Redtenbacher, 1906: 44, pl. 1:8.
Lectotype; female; 2b9e732d-6b8a-406e-b7a6-c68666cf268a; deposited at: Staatliches Museum fuer Tierkunde (MTKD); Philippines
Tisamenus armadillo Redtenbacher, 1906 in Bruner, 1915: 230.
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Tisamenus armadillo Redtenbacher, 1906 in Hennemann, 2025: 8-11, 13-15. Key; Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Tisamenus armadillo Redtenbacher, 1906 in Lit, Eusebio & Lucañas, 2025: 12. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (11)

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
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
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Hennemann, F.H. (2023) A taxonomic review, including new species and new records of Philippine Obrimini stick insects (Insecta: Phasmatodea: Heteropterygidae: Obriminae). Faunitaxys. Revue de Faunistique, Taxonomie et Systématique morphologique et moléculaire, 11(71), 1–135. Available at https://www.faunitaxys.fr/v11-2023/

Hennemann, F.H. (2025) A taxonomic review of Philippine Obrimini stick insects: The genus Tisamenus Stål, 1875 (Insecta: Phasmatodea: Heteropterygidae: Obriminae). Faunitaxys. Revue de Faunistique, Taxonomie et Systématique morphologique et moléculaire, 13(24), 1–85. Available at https://www.faunitaxys.fr/v13-2025/

Lit, I.L.J., Eusebio, O.L. & Lucañas, C.C. (2025) The triangular-back stick insects, Tisamenus spp. (Phasmatodea: Heteropterygidae), of Polillo Island, Philippines. Philippine Entomologist, 39(1), 1–14. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394943456

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

Rehn, J.A.G. & Rehn, J.W.H. (1939) The Orthoptera of the Philippine Islands. Part I. - Phasmatidae: Obriminae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 90, 389–487, pls. 31–38. [1938] Available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/4064256?seq=1

Zompro, O. (2001) Philippine phasmids from the collection of the Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Reichenbachia, 34(5), 49–56, figs. 1–18. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/27281003_Philippine_phasmids_from_the_collection_of_the_Staatliches_Museums_fur_Tierkunde_Dresden_Insecta_Phasmatodea

Zompro, O. (2003) Catalogue of type-material of the insect order Phasmatodea deposited in the Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden, Germany. Phasmid Studies, 11(2), 31–44. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207387#page/33/mode/1up
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

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