Phasmida Species File

species

Phobaeticus chani Bragg, 2008

Chan's Megastick

CollectionObject 1563479; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 845013, a98e78f0-0d25-4a81-bc07-04271a0eca8b: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563479; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 845013, a98e78f0-0d25-4a81-bc07-04271a0eca8b: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563479; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 845013, a98e78f0-0d25-4a81-bc07-04271a0eca8b: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563479; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 845013, a98e78f0-0d25-4a81-bc07-04271a0eca8b: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: head, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563479; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 845013, a98e78f0-0d25-4a81-bc07-04271a0eca8b: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: mid leg (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563479; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 845013, a98e78f0-0d25-4a81-bc07-04271a0eca8b: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: end of abdomen, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563479; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 845013, a98e78f0-0d25-4a81-bc07-04271a0eca8b: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: end of abdomen, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563479; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 845013, a98e78f0-0d25-4a81-bc07-04271a0eca8b: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: end of abdomen, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563479; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 845013, a98e78f0-0d25-4a81-bc07-04271a0eca8b: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, data labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563986; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) BMNH(E)845366, 5f6ba29c-8330-4b88-8f04-af2960e1bc77: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563986; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) BMNH(E)845366, 5f6ba29c-8330-4b88-8f04-af2960e1bc77: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563986; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) BMNH(E)845366, 5f6ba29c-8330-4b88-8f04-af2960e1bc77: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, ventral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563986; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) BMNH(E)845366, 5f6ba29c-8330-4b88-8f04-af2960e1bc77: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male: head and thorax, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563986; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) BMNH(E)845366, 5f6ba29c-8330-4b88-8f04-af2960e1bc77: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male: end of abdomen, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563986; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) BMNH(E)845366, 5f6ba29c-8330-4b88-8f04-af2960e1bc77: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male: end of abdomen, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563986; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) BMNH(E)845366, 5f6ba29c-8330-4b88-8f04-af2960e1bc77: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male: end of abdomen, ventral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563986; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) BMNH(E)845366, 5f6ba29c-8330-4b88-8f04-af2960e1bc77: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, data labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

Phobaeticus chani Bragg, 2008 in Hennemann & Conle, 2008: 138, figs..
Holotype; female; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 845013; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Penampang district, Ulu Moyog
Phobaeticus chani Bragg, 2008 in Zompro, 2008: 6, figs..
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Phobaeticus chani Bragg, 2008 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 554. Specimen or distribution
Phobaeticus chani Bragg, 2008 in Seow-Choen, 2025: 244. Image or description; Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (11)

Beccaloni, G.W. (2010) In Big Bugs Life-size. Natural History Museum, London.
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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Smith, M. (2017) Chinese Museum Claims To Have Bred The World's Longest Insect. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 139, 21.
Zompro, O. (2008) Die längste Stabschrecke - das längste lebende Insekt. Arthropoda, 16(4), 6–7.

Descendants and synonyms

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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	1	2