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Tisamenus lachesis (Rehn & Rehn, 1939)

CollectionObject 1562229; 3d2923c1-8c94-4c3e-8098-a3b8dc45ed1c: copyright USNM, Washington. female of synonym Tisamenus atropos (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562229; 3d2923c1-8c94-4c3e-8098-a3b8dc45ed1c: copyright USNM, Washington. female of synonym Tisamenus atropos (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562229; 3d2923c1-8c94-4c3e-8098-a3b8dc45ed1c: copyright USNM, Washington. female of synonym Tisamenus atropos (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562229; 3d2923c1-8c94-4c3e-8098-a3b8dc45ed1c: copyright USNM, Washington. female, lateral view of synonym Tisamenus atropos (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562229; 3d2923c1-8c94-4c3e-8098-a3b8dc45ed1c: copyright USNM, Washington. female, ventral view of synonym Tisamenus atropos (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562229; 3d2923c1-8c94-4c3e-8098-a3b8dc45ed1c: copyright USNM, Washington. female: head & thorax, lateral view of synonym Tisamenus atropos (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562229; 3d2923c1-8c94-4c3e-8098-a3b8dc45ed1c: copyright USNM, Washington. female: abdomen, lateral view of synonym Tisamenus atropos (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562229; 3d2923c1-8c94-4c3e-8098-a3b8dc45ed1c: copyright USNM, Washington. female: end of abdomen, dorsal view of synonym Tisamenus atropos (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562229; 3d2923c1-8c94-4c3e-8098-a3b8dc45ed1c: copyright USNM, Washington. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Tisamenus atropos (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562229; 3d2923c1-8c94-4c3e-8098-a3b8dc45ed1c: copyright USNM, Washington. female: end of abdomen, ventral view of synonym Tisamenus atropos (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562229; 3d2923c1-8c94-4c3e-8098-a3b8dc45ed1c: copyright USNM, Washington. female: data labels of synonym Tisamenus atropos (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562232; add1c9b5-683a-4151-8804-919daeffa663: copyright ANSP. female (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562232; add1c9b5-683a-4151-8804-919daeffa663: copyright ANSP. female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562232; add1c9b5-683a-4151-8804-919daeffa663: copyright ANSP. female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562232; add1c9b5-683a-4151-8804-919daeffa663: copyright ANSP. female: end of abdomen, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562233; bc6c1025-ed71-4312-b77e-ae4325dd98c0: copyright USNM, Washington. female (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562233; bc6c1025-ed71-4312-b77e-ae4325dd98c0: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562233; bc6c1025-ed71-4312-b77e-ae4325dd98c0: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562233; bc6c1025-ed71-4312-b77e-ae4325dd98c0: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562233; bc6c1025-ed71-4312-b77e-ae4325dd98c0: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562233; bc6c1025-ed71-4312-b77e-ae4325dd98c0: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562233; bc6c1025-ed71-4312-b77e-ae4325dd98c0: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562233; bc6c1025-ed71-4312-b77e-ae4325dd98c0: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562233; bc6c1025-ed71-4312-b77e-ae4325dd98c0: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562233; bc6c1025-ed71-4312-b77e-ae4325dd98c0: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562238; 2a912ef7-7f38-43f2-b1fe-0f5f520ec30a: copyright USNM, Washington. male (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562238; 2a912ef7-7f38-43f2-b1fe-0f5f520ec30a: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562238; 2a912ef7-7f38-43f2-b1fe-0f5f520ec30a: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562238; 2a912ef7-7f38-43f2-b1fe-0f5f520ec30a: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562238; 2a912ef7-7f38-43f2-b1fe-0f5f520ec30a: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562238; 2a912ef7-7f38-43f2-b1fe-0f5f520ec30a: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562238; 2a912ef7-7f38-43f2-b1fe-0f5f520ec30a: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562238; 2a912ef7-7f38-43f2-b1fe-0f5f520ec30a: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562238; 2a912ef7-7f38-43f2-b1fe-0f5f520ec30a: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562238; 2a912ef7-7f38-43f2-b1fe-0f5f520ec30a: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1562238; 2a912ef7-7f38-43f2-b1fe-0f5f520ec30a: copyright USNM, Washington. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1579407; 937b31d5-bacc-45a3-855a-0aaf5d3facfb: copyright ANSP. female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1579407; 937b31d5-bacc-45a3-855a-0aaf5d3facfb: copyright ANSP. female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1579407; 937b31d5-bacc-45a3-855a-0aaf5d3facfb: copyright ANSP. female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1579407; 937b31d5-bacc-45a3-855a-0aaf5d3facfb: copyright ANSP. female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (24)

  • Hoploclonia lachesis Rehn & Rehn, 1939: 471.

    Holotype; male; 2a912ef7-7f38-43f2-b1fe-0f5f520ec30a; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Philippines: Polillo Island

  • Hoploclonia atropos Rehn & Rehn, 1939: 475, pl. 35: 36.

    Holotype; female; 3d2923c1-8c94-4c3e-8098-a3b8dc45ed1c; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Philippines

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  • Tisamenus lachesis (Rehn & Rehn, 1939) in Dräger, 2025: 16. Image or description
  • Tisamenus clotho (Rehn & Rehn, 1939) in Dräger, 2025: 18.

Nomenclature references (9)

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