Neophryganistria

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Neophryganistria
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Neophryganistria tamdaoensis male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Clitumninae
Tribe: Pharnaciini
Genus: Neophryganistria
Ho, 2023

Neophryganistria is a genus of Asian stick insects in the tribe Pharnaciini, erected by Wai Chun George Ho in 2023. [1] Species, several of which were previously placed in the related genus Phryganistria , have been recorded from central to southern China and Indochina. [2]

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Description

As with other genera in the tribe Pharnaciini, Neophryganistria stick insects are notable for their great length. The second-longest recorded insect in the world may be Phryganistria heusii yentuensis, with a total length of up to 520 millimetres (20 in) and a body length up to 320 millimetres (13 in). [3] [4] Another, Neophryganistria tamdaoensis was selected in 2015 by the International Institute for Species Exploration as one of the "Top 10 New Species" for new species discovered in 2014. [5]

Species

The Phasmida Species File [2] includes:

  1. Neophryganistria fruhstorferi (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
  2. Neophryganistria grandis (Rehn, 1906)
  3. Neophryganistria guangdongensis Ho, 2023 - type species
  4. Neophryganistria guangxiensis (Chen & He, 2008)
  5. Neophryganistria heusii (Hennemann & Conle, 1997) - 3 subspecies:
    1. N. heusii damingshanensisHo, 2023
    2. N. heusii heusiiHennemann & Conle, 1997
    3. N. heusii yentuensisJ. Bresseel & J Constant, 2014
  6. Neophryganistria jinpingensis Ho, 2023
  7. Neophryganistria longzhouensis (Chen & He, 2008)
  8. Neophryganistria tamdaoensis (Bresseel & Constant, 2014)
  9. Neophryganistria yunnanensis Ho, 2023

References

  1. ↑ Ho GW-C (2023) Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea XIII: New taxa of Pharnaciini (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae: Clitumninae) from China. Hong Kong Entomological Bulletin, 15(2), 3–20. Available here
  2. 1 2 "Phasmida Species File: Genus Neophryganistria Ho, 2023". Phasmida Species File (new). Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Bresseel, Joachim; Constant, Jérôme (2014). "Giant sticks from Vietnam and China, with three new taxa including the second longest insect known to date (Phasmatodea, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae, Pharnaciini)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 104: 1–38. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2014.104 .
  4. ↑ Verbeke, Reinout (27 November 2014). "New Species of Stick Insect is Second Largest Insect in the World". naturalsciences.be. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "The ESF Top 10 New Species for 2015". State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
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