Species

Tisamenus ranarius (Westwood, 1859)

Nomenclature (12)

Acanthoderus ranarius Westwood, 1859: 53, pl. 4:3.
Holotype; female; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 845221; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Philippines
Tisamenus ranarius (Westwood, 1859) in Kirby, 1904: 399.

Tisamenus ranarius (Westwood, 1859) in Hennemann, 2025: 8-11, 68-69. Phylogeny or classification; Key; Image or description
Acanthoderus ranarius Westwood, 1859 in Lit, Eusebio & Lucañas, 2025: 12. Specimen or distribution

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
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

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

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	3	4