Aretaon muscosus

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Aretaon muscosus
Aretaon muscosus, female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Heteropterygidae
Subfamily: Obriminae
Tribe: Obrimini
Genus: Aretaon
Species:
A. muscosus
Binomial name
Aretaon muscosus
(Redtenbacher, 1906)
Synonyms[1]
  • Obrimus muscosus Redtenbacher, 1906
Male

Aretaon muscosus is a stick insect species from the family Heteropterygidae, which is native to Borneo.

Characteristics

While in the

dorsal edges of the tibiae are equipped with easily recognizable spines. Their color and body structure make them look like they are overgrown with moss. The rather golden yellow and brown patterned males reach a size of 49 to 50 millimetres (1.9 to 2.0 in). They too have lobes on the edges of the abdomen, which can be found here on segments three to nine. Like the abdominal segments themselves, they also gradually increase in size towards the end of the abdomen.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Daniel Otte and Paul D. Brock finally used Aretaon muscosus as a synonym in 2005.[7] Francis Seow-Choen revalidated the species in 2016 because its syntypes match perfectly with the specimens he found from the Gunung Mulu National Park.[1][3]

Distribution area

Aretaeon muscosus occurs in the Malay part of Borneo, more precisely in the northwestern state of Sarawak. There the species was found in the Gunung Mulu National Park. For most syntypes, Kinabalu in Sabah is given as the place where it was found.[3][1] As with Aretaon asperrimus, Rehn and Rehn state that they also examined specimens from the island Labuan from the collection of Morgan Hebard in Aretaon muscosus.[4]

Terraristic

In July 2014 Albert Kang collected specimens in the Gunung Mulu National Park, which Thierry Heitzmann was able to bring to the

bramble, hazel and mango are accepted as fodder plants.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Brock, P. D.; Büscher, T. H. & Baker, E. W. Phasmida Species File Online. Version 5.0. (accessdate 1 August 2021)
  2. ^ a b Josef Redtenbacher (1906). Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. Vol. 1. Phasmidae Areolatae. Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, pp. 41–42
  3. ^ a b c d Francis Seow-Choen: A Taxonomic Guide to the Stick Insects of Borneo, Natural History Publikations (Borneo) Sdn. Bhd., Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, 2016, S. 412–414, ISBN 978-983-812-169-9
  4. ^
    Rehn, J. A. G. & Rehn, J. W. H. (1939). The Orthoptera of the Philippine Island, Part 1. - Phasmatidae; Obriminae
    , Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences (Vol. 90, 1938), Philadelphia 1938/39, p. 422
  5. ISBN 983-812-027-8
  6. ISBN 978-3931374396
  7. ISBN 1929014082

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