Sosibia passalus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Lonchodidae |
Genus: | Sosibia |
Species: | S. passalus |
Binomial name | |
Sosibia passalus (Westwood, 1859) | |
Synonyms | |
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Sosibia passalus is a species of phasmid or leaf insect of the genus Sosibia . It is found in Sri Lanka. [1] [2]
Passalidae is a family of beetles known variously as "bessbugs", "bess beetles", "betsy beetles" or "horned passalus beetles". Nearly all of the 500-odd species are tropical; species found in North America are notable for their size, ranging from 20 to 43 mm, for having a single "horn" on the head, and for a form of social behavior unusual among beetles.
Necrosciinae is a subfamily of the stick insect family Lonchodidae, with its greatest diversity in South-East Asia.
Asceles is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini. Some of the species of Asceles have a distribution in Malaysia and Singapore.
Sosibia is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Lonchodidae and subfamily Necrosciinae.
Abrosoma nebulosum is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Abrosoma. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Charmides cerberus is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the monotypic genus Charmides. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Trachythorax sparaxes is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Trachythorax. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.
Paraprisomera taprobanae, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Paraprisomera. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Sipyloidea panaetius is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Sipyloidea. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Sipyloidea sipylus, the pink winged stick insect or Madagascan stick insect, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Sipyloidea. It is the most widespread phasmid in the world, can be found throughout tropical Asia and parts of Southeast Asia.
Cuniculina cunicula is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Cuniculina. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.
Phobaeticus hypharpax, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Phobaeticus. It is found in Sri Lanka and Southeast India. It is closely related to the Sri Lankan species Phobaeticus lobulatus and the Southeast Indian Phobaeticus sinetyi. It is characteristic for the sparse but very broad and prominent serrations of the anterodorsal carina of the front femora and unarmed medioventral carina of the middle and back femora. It is also distinctive for its particularly long abdomen.
Lonchodes praon, is a species of phasmid or stick insect found in Sri Lanka.
Prisomera cyllabacum is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Prisomera. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Prisomera mimas is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Prisomera. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Ramulus pseudoporus is the type species of the genus Ramulus: a phasmid or stick insect. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Sceptrophasma humilis is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Sceptrophasma. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Cryptophyllium athanysus, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Cryptophyllium. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Phyllium hausleithneri or Hausleithner's stick insect is a species of phasmid or leaf insect of the genus Phyllium. It is found in peninsular Malaysia, and Sri Lanka.