Species

Mnesilochus portentosus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)

Sarawak Mnesilochus

CollectionObject 1561117; NMW 571, 83f3fe11-c367-44e1-8288-50c9a788ce9d: copyright NMW, Vienna. male (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561117; NMW 571, 83f3fe11-c367-44e1-8288-50c9a788ce9d: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: head and thorax, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561117; NMW 571, 83f3fe11-c367-44e1-8288-50c9a788ce9d: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: end of abdomen, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (12)

Prisomera portentosum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 291.
Holotype; male; NMW 571; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW);
Lonchodes portentosus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock, 1998: 50.
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Mnesilochus portentosus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Harman, 2022: 23. Specimen or distribution
Prisomera portentosum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Seow-Choen, 2025: 28. Image or description; Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (12)

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/
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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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

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

Harman, A.J.E. (2022) The Development of the Phasmid Species List, Part Eight: PSG No.351 – PSG No.400. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 148, 20–26.

Hennemann, F.H. & Conle, O.V. (2003) Notes on rarely known Phasmatodea from Sarawak with the description of two new species and studies on the genus Gargantuoidea Redtenbacher, 1908 (Orthoptera, Phasmatodea). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 93, 11–24. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30824779/#page/13/mode/1up

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

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

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. (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.
Tamayo Lorenzo, J. (2007) Phenacephorus latifer: una neuva especie de la tribu Lonchodini de la isla de Borneo (Phasmatodea, Diapheromeridae, Lonchodinae). Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 41, 95–99. [in Spanish] Available at http://sea-entomologia.org/Publicaciones/PDF/BOLN41/095_099_BSEA_41_Nuevo_Fasmido_Borneo.pdf

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	3	4