species

Tisamenus cervicornis Bolívar, 1890

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CollectionObject 1562230; ec3b410e-8714-4be4-96d7-26ea5c9506ae: Copyright MNCN, Madrid. female, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1562231; 05e03ad1-e8fc-4eea-8b37-1805a4aca16a: Copyright MNCN, Madrid. female, ventral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562230; ec3b410e-8714-4be4-96d7-26ea5c9506ae: Copyright MNCN, Madrid. male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1562231; 05e03ad1-e8fc-4eea-8b37-1805a4aca16a: Copyright MNCN, Madrid. male, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

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CollectionObject 1562235; 1cc7ea94-b4c1-4d86-bf36-e2ff93e1aa5e: copyright ANSP. male Hoploclonia fratercula (holotype), synonym of Tisamenus cervicornis. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562235; 1cc7ea94-b4c1-4d86-bf36-e2ff93e1aa5e: copyright ANSP. male, dorsal view of Hoploclonia fratercula (holotype), synonym of Tisamenus cervicornis. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562235; 1cc7ea94-b4c1-4d86-bf36-e2ff93e1aa5e: copyright ANSP. male, lateral view of Hoploclonia fratercula (holotype), synonym of Tisamenus cervicornis. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562235; 1cc7ea94-b4c1-4d86-bf36-e2ff93e1aa5e: copyright ANSP. male, ventral view of Hoploclonia fratercula (holotype), synonym of Tisamenus cervicornis. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (22)

Tisamenus cervicornis Bolívar, 1890: 307, pl. 19:5.
Lectotype; female; 05e03ad1-e8fc-4eea-8b37-1805a4aca16a; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); Philippines: Camarines
Tisamenus cervicornis Bolívar, 1890 in Kirby, 1904: 399.
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Tisamenus cervicornis Bolívar, 1890 in Dräger, 2025: 16. Image or description
Tisamenus fraterculata [sic] Rehn & Rehn, 1939

Nomenclature references (14)

Bolívar, I. (1890) Diagnosis de Ortopteros nuevos. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 19, 299–334, pl. 1. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8068
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
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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

Dräger, H. (2025) New Names for Well-known and Popular Cultures of Genus Tisamenus. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 155, 16–19.

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/

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

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

Otte, D. (1978) The primary types of Orthoptera (Saltatoria, Mantodea, Phasmatodea and Blattodea) at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 130, 26–87. [Blattodea: p.79-87] Available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/4064777?seq=1

Paris, M. (1994) Catalogo de tipos de Orthopteroides (Insecta) de Ignacio Bolivar. I: Blattaria, Mantodea, Phasmoptera y Orthoptera Orthoptera (Stenopelmatoidea, Rhaphidophoroidea, Tettigonioidea, Grylloidea, Tetrigoidea). EOS. Revista Española de Entomologia, 69, 143–264. Available at http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/170427

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. (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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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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