Nesiophasma Gunther 1934
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
name: Damastra, Garda Bagus
name: Damaledo, Davis Marthin
name: Cumming, Royce T.
name: Tirant, Stéphane Le
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Nesiophasma

description: Keys to the known species of Nesiophasma
♀♀ *
1. Abdominal terga II-VI with lateral margins at best gently rounded........................................... 2
— Abdominal terga II-VI strongly laterally deflexed and convex; Pulau Romang........................... kuehni
2. Gonapophysis VIII short and not or at best scarcely projecting over posterior margin of anal segment.................. 3
— Gonapophysis VIII long and projecting over posterior margin of anal segment by at least the length of that segment length.... 5
3. Long (body length incl. subgenital plate <230.0 mm); median segment at least half as long as metanotum.......... 4
— Very long (body length incl. subgenital plate> 250.0 mm); median segment only one-quarter the length of metanotum; Sangihe&TalaudIslands........................................................................ plateni
4. Median segment> two-thirds the length of metanotum; abdominal terga VII-IX each with a slender posterior directed posterolaterallobe;subgenitalplate shortandprojectingbeyond apexof abdomen by no more thanlength of analsegment; NewGuinea(?)................................................................................ zanum
— Median segment about half as long as metanotum; abdominal terga VIII-X not lobed laterally; subgenital plate elongate and projecting beyond tip of abdomen by about the length of abdominal terga VIII-X combined (Fig. 3 A-D); Timor............................................................................... sobesonbaii n. sp.
5. Slender and very elongate insects; mesonotum at least 4.5x longer than wide; basitarsi slender.................... 6
— Stockier; mesonotum 4x longer than wide and expanded pre-medially; basitarsi with dorsal carinae raised and rounded; Pulau Selayar & Pulau Kalaotoa.............................................................. spinulosum
6. Mesonotum 6x longer than wide and slender; antennae reaching to median segment; Pulau Sanana (Sula Islands).... sananaense
— Mesonotum 4.5x longer than wide and gently swollen pre-medially; antennae reaching to abdominal segment II; Peleng (BanggaiIslands)........................................................................... giganteum
* ♀♀ of N. oligarches (Günther) and N. turbans (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907) are not known
♂♂ *
1. Body length> 100.0 mm; abdominal terga II-VI> 3x longer than wide....................................... 2
— Smaller; abdominal terga II-VI 2.5x longer than wide; Sulawesi .................................... oligarches
2. Head of same colour as remainder parts of body; body ± uniform in colour.................................... 4
— Head chromatically contrasting........................................................................ 3
3. Head and pronotum blackish; dark streak along entire lateral surfaces of body; cerci dilated apically and weakly arched; Pulau Selayar & Pulau Kalaotoa.............................................................. spinulosum
— Head light whitish cream; body ochre with meso- and metapleurae green; cerci with apex acute in-curving and hook-like (Fig. 3 F-G); Timor............................................................................... sobesonbaii n. sp.
4. Body length <160.0 mm; colouration more or less uniform................................................. 5
— Body length> 160.0 mm; bases of all femora and knees contrasting black; Sangihe Islands & Talaud Isalnds..... plateni
5. Very slender species; median segment very short and only one-sixth the length of metanotum; Sulawesi ...... turbans
— Stockier; median segment <one-third the length of metanotum; Peleng............................... giganteum
* ♂♂ of N. kuehni (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907), N. zanum Hennemann, 1999 and N. sananaense Hennemann, 2021 are not known.
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., Damastra, Garda Bagus, Damaledo, Davis Marthin, Cumming, Royce T. & Tirant, Stéphane Le, 2023, Nesiophasma sobesonbaii n sp a new giant stick insect from the island of Timor Indonesia Insecta Phasmatodea, pp. 1-13 in Faunitaxys 11 (20) on pages 1-13, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(20), http://zenodo.org/record/10622566