genus

Nesiophasma Günther, 1934

Type

Nesiophasma eremothocus Günther, 1934 type species by original designation of Nesiophasma Günther, 1934

Nomenclature (22)

Nesiophasma Günther, 1934: 5.
type species by original designation Nesiophasma eremothocus Günther, 1934
Mylothrus Günther, 1935: 18.
type species by original designation Mylothrus oligarches Günther, 1935
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Mylothrus Günther, 1935 (subjective synonym of Nesiophasma Günther, 1934) in Hennemann, 2025: 7. Phylogeny or classification
Nesiophasma Günther, 1934 in Daawia, Warikar, Yando, Suhartawan, Foley & Cumming, 2025: 1. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (15)

Bradley, J.C. & Galil, B.S. (1977) The taxonomic arrangement of the Phasmatodea with keys to the subfamilies and tribes. Proceedings of the Entomological Society, Washington, 79(2), 176–208. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16301624#page/194/mode/1up
Bragg, P.E. (2001) Phasmids of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 771 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/book/phasmids-of-borneo/
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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

Daawia, Warikar, E.L., Yando, H., Suhartawan, B., Foley, E.M. & Cumming, R.T. (2025) Nesiophasma richi sp. nov., a new massive stick insect species from the island of Biak, Indonesia (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Faunitaxys. Revue de Faunistique, Taxonomie et Systématique morphologique et moléculaire, 13(44), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.57800/faunitaxys-13(44)

Günther, K. (1934) Eine neue Stabschrecke von Kalao Tua. Nebst Bemerkungen über ihre systematische Stellung und zoogeographische Stellung. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 5, 5–9.

Günther, K. (1935) Die von Gerd Heinrich 1930-32 auf Celebes gesammelten Phasmoiden. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 21(1), 1–29, pl. 1–2.

Günther, K. (1938) Orthoptera Celebica Sarasiniana. II. Phasmoidae. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Basel, 49, 54–92.

Hennemann, F.H. & Conle, O.V. (2008) Revision of Oriental Phasmatodea: The tribe Pharnaciini Günther, 1953, including the description of the world's longest insect, and a survey of the family Phasmatidae Gray, 1835 with keys to the subfamilies and tribes (Phasmatodea: "Anareolatae": Phasmatidae). Zootaxa, 1906, 1–316. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Hennemann

Hennemann, F.H. (1998) Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Phasmidenfauna von Sulawesi. Mit einem Katalog der bisher bekanntgewordenen Arten. Mitteilungen des Museums für Naturkunde, Berlin, Zoologische Reihe, 74(1), 95–128. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mmnz.19980740109

Hennemann, F.H. (2020) Megacraniinae—The Palm Stick Insects: A new subfamily of Old World Phasmatodea and a redefinition of Platycraninae Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1893 (Phasmatodea: “Anareolatae”). Zootaxa, 4896(2), 151–179. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/347519362_Megacraniinae-The_Palm_Stick_Insects_A_new_subfamily_of_Old_World_Phasmatodea_and_a_redefinition_of_Platycraninae_Brunner_v_Wattenwyl_1893_Phasmatodea_Anareolatae

Hennemann, F.H. (2021) Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia — a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Zootaxa, 5073(1), 1–189. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/356813971_Stick_insects_of_Sulawesi_Peleng_and_the_Sula_Islands_Indonesia-a_review_including_checklists_of_species_and_descriptions_of_new_taxaInsecta_Phasmatodea

Hennemann, F.H. (2025) A review of Sadyattes Stål, 1875, with the descriptions of six new species from the Philippines (Phasmatodea: Platycraninae: Stephanacridini). Zootaxa, 5610(1), 001–072. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5610.1.1

Hennemann, F.H., Damastra, G.B., Damaledo, D.M., Cumming, R.T. & Le Tirant, S. (2023) Nesiophasma sobesonbaii n. sp. – a new giant stick insect from the island of Timor, Indonesia (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Faunitaxys. Revue de Faunistique, Taxonomie et Systématique morphologique et moléculaire, 11(20), 1–13. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/369551166_Nesiophasma_sobesonbaii_n_sp_-_a_new_giant_stick_insect_from_the_island_of_Timor_Indonesia_Insecta_Phasmatodea

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
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

Descendants and synonyms

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	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
genus	1	0	1	2
species	10	0	8	18