Species

Hermagoras hosei Kirby, 1896

Super Z-Bends Stick Insect

Hermagoras hosei Kirby, 1896: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, lateral view of synonym Hermagoras cristatus (holotype). (Otu).

Hermagoras hosei Kirby, 1896: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: head and first part of thorax, lateral view of synonym Hermagoras cristatus (holotype). (Otu).

Hermagoras hosei Kirby, 1896: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: end of abdomen, dorsal view of synonym Hermagoras cristatus (holotype). (Otu).

Hermagoras hosei Kirby, 1896: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Hermagoras cristatus (holotype). (Otu).

Hermagoras hosei Kirby, 1896: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: end of abdomen, ventral view of synonym Hermagoras cristatus (holotype). (Otu).

Hermagoras hosei Kirby, 1896: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: data labels of synonym Hermagoras cristatus (holotype). (Otu).

Hermagoras hosei Kirby, 1896: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: data labels [rectangular label reversed] of synonym Hermagoras cristatus (holotype). (Otu).

CollectionObject 1559458; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 844621, 9b490768-d036-4de7-b05c-5ef3bf418c8c: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female Hermogenes hosei (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559464; b7c94d0d-8338-4d5b-93e6-57b6c0da12d6: copyright ZMHB, Berlin. female, dorsal view of synonym Prisomera strumosus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559464; b7c94d0d-8338-4d5b-93e6-57b6c0da12d6: copyright ZMHB, Berlin. female, lateral view of synonym Prisomera strumosus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559464; b7c94d0d-8338-4d5b-93e6-57b6c0da12d6: copyright ZMHB, Berlin. female: head & thorax, lateral view of synonym Prisomera strumosus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559464; b7c94d0d-8338-4d5b-93e6-57b6c0da12d6: copyright ZMHB, Berlin. female: mid body, lateral view of synonym Prisomera strumosus (holotype) [including eggs]. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559464; b7c94d0d-8338-4d5b-93e6-57b6c0da12d6: copyright ZMHB, Berlin. Female: end of abdomen, dorsal view of synonym Prisomera strumosus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559464; b7c94d0d-8338-4d5b-93e6-57b6c0da12d6: copyright ZMHB, Berlin. Female: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Prisomera strumosus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559464; b7c94d0d-8338-4d5b-93e6-57b6c0da12d6: copyright ZMHB, Berlin. Female: end of abdomen, ventral view of synonym Prisomera strumosus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (54)

Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896: 457, pl. 40:1. (valid)
Holotype; female; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 844621; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); North: Baram
Hermagoras cristatus Kirby, 1896: 457.
Holotype; female; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 844622; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); North: Baram
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Hermagoras cristatus Kirby, 1896 in Kirby, 1904: 322.
Hermagoras hosei Kirby, 1896 in Kirby, 1904: 322.
Prisomera strumosum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 287.
Holotype; female; b7c94d0d-8338-4d5b-93e6-57b6c0da12d6; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Berlin, German (ZMHUB); North
Prisomera cristatum (Kirby, 1896) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 289.
Prisomera hosei (Kirby, 1896) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 286.
Lonchodes papuanus Günther, 1930: 739. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Holotype; female; 28c34991-33db-476e-88d4-4ba46d69ae97; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Berlin, German (ZMHUB);
Lonchodes papuanus Günther, 1930: 739.
Lonchodes papuanus Günther, 1930 (subjective synonym of Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1932: 376.
Lonchodes hosei (Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1932: 376.
Lonchodes cristatus (Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1932: 386.
Lonchodes strumosus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Günther, 1932: 379, figs..
Dixippus brasiliensis Piza, 1938: 7, fig. 8.
Holotype; male; f017ba65-c944-47a2-82af-a17cb91bc3bf; deposited at: Escola Superior de Agricultura (ESRN); Brazil: [in error, probably Borneo]
Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes haematomus Westwood, 1859) in Hausleithner, 1984: 159. Phylogeny or classification
Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes haematomus Westwood, 1859) in James, 1985: 7. Life history
Lonchodes hosei (Kirby, 1896) in Hausleithner, 1989: 103, fig. Phylogeny or classification
Lonchodes hosei (Kirby, 1896) in Hausleithner, 1991: 234.
Lonchodes hosei (Kirby, 1896) in Brock, 1992: 50.
Lonchodes strumosus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Schulten, 1995: 45. Image or description
Lonchodes strumosus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Bragg, 1995: 52. Life history
Lonchodes strumosus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Bragg, 1995: 80. Phylogeny or classification
Lonchodes hosei (Kirby, 1896) in Bragg, 1996: 38. Phylogeny or classification
Lonchodes hosei (Kirby, 1896) in Sellick, 1998: 216. Phylogeny or classification
Lonchodes hosei (Kirby, 1896) in Seow-Choen, 1998: 88.
Lonchodes strumosus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Sellick, 1998: 216. Phylogeny or classification
Lonchodes strumosus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Lipinski, Greven, Schulten & Löser, 1999: 34. Phylogeny or classification
Dixippus brasiliensis Piza, 1938 (subjective synonym of Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896) in Bragg, 2001: 461.
Hermagoras cristatus Kirby, 1896 (subjective synonym of Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896) in Bragg, 2001: 466.
Lonchodes papuanus Günther, 1930 (subjective synonym of Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896) in Bragg, 2001: 460.
Prisomera strumosum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896) in Bragg, 2001: 466.
Lonchodes hosei hosei (Kirby, 1896) in Bragg, 2001: 466, figs. 181-184.
Lonchodes hosei hosei (Kirby, 1896) in Baxter, 2002: 8, 66, figs.
Lonchodes hosei (Kirby, 1896) in Brock, 2003: 49.
Lonchodes papuanus Günther, 1930 (subjective synonym of Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896) in Zompro, 2005: 267.
Prisomera strumosum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896) in Zompro, 2005: 282.
Dixippus brasiliensis Piza, 1938 (subjective synonym of Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 181.
Hermagoras cristatus Kirby, 1896 (subjective synonym of Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 182.
Lonchodes papuanus Günther, 1930 (subjective synonym of Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 182.
Prisomera strumosum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 182.
Lonchodes hosei (Kirby, 1896) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 181.
Hermagoras cristatus Kirby, 1896 (subjective synonym of Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896) in Hennemann & Conle, 2007: 23.
Prisomera strumosum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896) in Hennemann & Conle, 2007: 23.
Hermagoras hosei Kirby, 1896 in Hennemann & Conle, 2007: 23.
Lonchodes hosei (Kirby, 1896) in Mallet, 2010: 6. Specimen or distribution
Hermagoras hosei hosei Kirby, 1896 in Harman, 2011: 10. Life history
Dixippus brasiliensis Piza, 1938 (subjective synonym of Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896) in Figueiredo de Araujo & Garraffoni, 2012: 235. Specimen or distribution
Hermagoras cristatus Kirby, 1896 (subjective synonym of Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896) in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 166. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Hermagoras hosei Kirby, 1896 in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 176. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Hermagoras hosei Kirby, 1896 in Seow-Choen, 2016: 286, figs. Image or description
Hermagoras hosei Kirby, 1896 in Seow-Choen, 2019
Hermagoras hosei Kirby, 1896 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 525. Specimen or distribution

Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896 in Seow-Choen, 2025: 14. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Lonchodes hosei hosei (Kirby, 1896) in Bragg, 2025: 85. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (34)

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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	12	13