Species

Parastheneboea laetior (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)

Decorated Borneo Stick-insect

Nomenclature (18)

Apora laetior Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 242.
Syntype; male; 4b35825d-09a9-404f-be0c-f79eb176f1c0; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Kina-Balu. Syntype; female; f9f94e7d-fd1f-47ee-a10b-a138e17bc8a5; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Kina-Balu. Syntype; female; 3fc8b7bc-ef58-4312-9702-30854bc3ca31; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Brunei. Syntype; immature; fb2a739c-d37c-4bde-8d5f-4b0df41d1b9e; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Brunei
Parastheneboea insignis Redtenbacher, 1908: 474.
Syntypes (n= 2); female; NMW 915; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Kina-Balu. Syntypes (n= 2); female; dbbd96c8-9711-4b68-99f3-73e139989231; deposited at: Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg (ZIN); Kina-Balu

Parastheneboea laetior (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 389, 541, fig. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Apora laetior Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Seow-Choen, 2025: 203. Image or description; Specimen or distribution

Bragg, P.E. (1993) The Phasmid Database: Changes to version 1. Phasmid Studies, 2(1), 33–34. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207248#page/35/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/

Seow-Choen, F. (2025) A Photographic Guide: Stick Insects of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), 387 pp.
Vanschuytbroeck, P. & Cools, J. (1981) Catalogue et liste du material typique des Phasmatodea conserve dans les collections Entomologiques de l´Institut Royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique. Orthopteroidea: Phasmatodea Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902 (=Cheleutoptera Crompton, 1915). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 53(23), 1–26. Available at http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletins-de-linstitut-royal-des-sciences-naturelles-de-belgique-entomologie/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-entomology/vanschuytbroeck_catalogue_1981

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	4	5