Species

Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)

Modest Lonchodes Stick-insect

CollectionObject 1559494; NMW 554, 2ab62b52-d301-475b-a517-c91bd4ffb040: copyright NMW, Vienna. female of Prisomera modestum (lectotype / paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559495; NMW 554', c1e8b8ea-182c-480c-9ff5-de0874a08119: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: head and thorax, lateral view of Prisomera modestum (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559495; NMW 554', c1e8b8ea-182c-480c-9ff5-de0874a08119: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: end of abdomen of Prisomera modestum (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559505; NMW 570, d9ead7cb-381b-4050-b20c-157101544add: copyright NMW, Vienna. male of synonym Prisomera rubrifemur (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559505; NMW 570, d9ead7cb-381b-4050-b20c-157101544add: copyright NMW, Vienna. male of synonym Prisomera rubrifemur, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (36)

Prisomera modestum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 286.
Lectotype; female; NMW 554'; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW);
Prisomera excretum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 289.
Syntypes (n= 2); female; e115d6bf-9215-4c08-95c6-ed1aecdeaedf; deposited at: Hungarian Natural History Museum , Budapest, Hungary (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum) (HNHM);
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Prisomera rubrifemur Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 291.
Holotype; male; NMW 570; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Philippines: Balabac
Prisomera modesta Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Giglio-Tos, 1910: 24.
Prisomera rubrifemur Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Bruner, 1915: 233.
Prisomera excretum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Prisomera modestum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Günther, 1932: 384.
Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Günther, 1932: 384.
Prisomera modesta Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Passerin d' Entrèves, 1981: 56. Specimen or distribution
Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Hausleithner, 1989: 103, fig. Phylogeny or classification
Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Schulten, 1995: 48.
Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Bragg, 1995: 53. Life history
Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Bragg, 1995: 74, figs.
Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Sellick, 1998: 216. Phylogeny or classification
Lonchodes rubrifemur (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock, 1998: 54.
Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock, 1998: 43.
Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Lipinski, Greven, Schulten & Löser, 1999: 32, figs..
Lonchodes rubrifemur (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Bragg, 2001: 492.
Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Bragg, 2001: 487, figs..
Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Bragg & Bushell, 2002: 3.
Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock, 2003: 50.
Prisomera excretum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Prisomera modestum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 183.
Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Bragg, 2005: 25.
Lonchodes rubrifemur (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 183.
Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 183.
Lonchodes rubrifemur (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Bragg, 2005: 25. Phylogeny or classification
Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Blüthgen, Metzner & Ruf, 2006
Prisomera excretum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Prisomera modestum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Hennemann & Conle, 2007: 70.
Mnesilochus modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Hennemann & Conle, 2007: 70.
Mnesilochus rubrifemur (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Hennemann & Conle, 2007: 71.
Mnesilochus modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Harman, 2012: 14. Specimen or distribution
Prisomera rubrifemur Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Prisomera modestum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Seow-Choen, 2016: 298. Phylogeny or classification
Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Seow-Choen, 2016: 298, figs. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Seow-Choen, 2017: 143. Phylogeny or classification
Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Seow-Choen, 2019

Lonchodes modestus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 363, 526, fig. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Prisomera modestum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Seow-Choen, 2025: 23. Specimen or distribution; Image or description

Nomenclature references (25)

Blüthgen, N., Metzner, A. & Ruf, D. (2006) Food plant selection by stick insects (Phasmida) in a Bornean rain forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 22, 35–40. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/231964618_Food_plant_selection_by_stick_insects_Phasmida_in_a_Bornean_rain_forest
Bragg, P.E. & Bushell, M.L.T. (2002) Aschiphasmatidae, Heteropteryginae and Lonchodinae in the Forestry Research Centre, Sepilok, Sabah. Phasmid Studies, 11(1), 1–4. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207387#page/3/mode/1up
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Bragg, P.E. (1995) The culture of Bornean phasmids. Phasmid Studies, 4(2), 50–53. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207262#page/52/mode/1up

Bragg, P.E. (1995) Variation in three Bornean species of Lonchodinae: Carausius cristatus Brunner, Lonchodes modestus (Brunner), and Lonchodes strumosus (Brunner). Phasmid Studies, 4(2), 70–86. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207262#page/72/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/

Bragg, P.E. (2005) A reassessment of some Bornean Lonchodinae and Aschiphasmatidae, with some lectotype designations, new synonyms, and the description of two new species. Phasmid Studies, 13(1-2), 11–29. Available at http://phasmid-study-group.org/en/system/files/Phasmid+Studies+13%281%25262%29.pdf

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

Brock, P.D. (1998) Catalogue of type-specimens of Stick- and Leaf-Insects in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Insecta: Phasmida). Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien: Vol. 13(5). Naturhistorischen Museum Wien, 72 pp. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/kat-nhmw_13_0003-0072.pdf

Brock, P.D. (2003) Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. Revised Edition. The Amateur Entomologists' Society, London, Vol. 22, 89 pp. Available at http://shop.amentsoc.org/rearing-and-studying-stick-and-leaf-insects.html

Bruner, L. (1915) Preliminary catalogue of the orthopteroid insects of the Philippine Islands. University studies of the University of Lincoln, Nebraska, 15(2), 195–281. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94891#page/266/mode/1up

Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1907) Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). In Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden: Vol. II. Verlag Engelmann, Leipzig. 181–338, pls 7–15. [in German] Available at http://www.archive.org/details/DieInsektenfamilieDerPhasmiden.Vol.Ii.PhasmidaeAnareolataeclitumnini

Giglio-Tos, E. (1910) Fasmidi esotici del R. Museo zoologico di Torino e del Museo civico di Storia naturale di Genova. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 25(625), 1–57. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50963#page/57/mode/1up

Günther, K. (1932) Revision des Genus Lonchodes Gray (Orth. Phasm). Eos, Revista Española de Entomología, 8, 367–389. Available at http://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/80864152.pdf

Harman, A.J.E. (2012) The Development of the Phasmid Species List Part Three. PSG No. 101 - PSG No. 150. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 128, 13–15.

Hausleithner, B. (1989) Die Eier einiger Lonchodes-Arten (Phasmida). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 99(8), 102–112.

Hennemann, F.H. & Conle, O.V. (2007) Studies on Philippine Lonchodinae, with the description of two new genera and eleven new species (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae: Lonchodinae). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 97 Suppl., 3–88. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/MittMuenchEntGes_097_Suppl_0003-0088.pdf

Lipinski, K., Greven, H., Schulten, D. & Löser, S. (1999) In Die Struktur der Eihüllen von 48 Phasmatodea-Arten aus der Sammlung des Löbbecke Museum und Aquazoo Düsseldorf. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Löbbecke-Museum und Aquazoo. 1–125 pp. [in German] Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologie-heute_BH_5_0001-0125.pdf

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

Passerin d' Entrèves, P. (1981) Cataloghi. IV - Collezione Ortotterologiche del Museo di Zoologia de´ll Università di Torino. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 1–127 pp. Available at http://www.nhbs.com/1/series/cataloghi-di-museo-regionale-di-scienze-naturali-torino?qtview=185906

Schulten, D. (1995) In Wandelnde Blätter, Stab- und Gespenstschrecken. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Löbbecke-Museum and Aquazoo. Vol. 3, 1–132 pp. [in German] Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologie-heute_BH_3_0001-0132.pdf

Sellick, J.T.C. (1998) The micropylar plate of the eggs of Phasmida, with a survey of the range of plate form within the order. Systematic Entomology, 23, 203–228. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-3113.1998.00056.x

Seow-Choen, F. (2016) A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, 454 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/book/taxonomic-guide-stick-insects-borneo/

Seow-Choen, F. (2017) A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo: Vol. II. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Kota Kinabalu, 261 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/book/a-taxonomic-guide-to-the-stick-insects-of-borneo-vol-2/

Seow-Choen, F. (2019) A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo: Vol. III. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, 278 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/book/a-taxonomic-guide-to-the-stick-insects-of-borneo-vol-3/
Seow-Choen, F. (2025) A Photographic Guide: Stick Insects of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), 387 pp.

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	7	8