Phasmida Species File
species

Tisamenus alviolanus Lit & Eusebio, 2010

CollectionObject 1563883; UPLB UPBLMHNC PHA-00137, 2bd218eb-88ad-429f-a140-7cac124c4cb4: copyright UPLB, Los Baños. female (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1563883; UPLB UPBLMHNC PHA-00137, 2bd218eb-88ad-429f-a140-7cac124c4cb4: copyright UPLB, Los Baños. female (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1563884; 16f1b67c-374f-47c9-88a5-5d763e29cd14: copyright UPLB, Los Baños. male (paratype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1563885; 8c7b4814-fe43-4bcc-87da-2d581281b908: copyright UPLB, Los Baños. male (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Tisamenus alviolanus Lit & Eusebio, 2010 in Lit, 2010: 328, figs..

    Holotype; female; UPLB UPBLMHNC PHA-00137; deposited at: Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines (UPLB-MNH); Philippines: Negros Occidental: Mt Kanlaon, Sitio Napatagan, Barangay Mailom, Bago City, Negros Occidental

  • Tisamenus alviolanus Lit & Eusebio, 2010 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 521. Specimen or distribution
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  • Tisamenus alviolanus Lit & Eusebio, 2010 in Hennemann, 2025: 8-13. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification; Key
  • Tisamenus alviolanus Lit & Eusebio, 2010 in Lit, Eusebio & Lucañas, 2025: 12. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (5)

  • 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
  • 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/
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  • 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. (2010) A new species of triangular back stick insect (Phasmatodea: Heteropterygidae: Eubulidini: Tisamenus) from Mt. Kanlaon, Negros Occidental, Philippines. Asia Life Sciences, 19(2), 325–332.
  • 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

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