Brasidas foveolatus

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

Brasidas foveolatus is a

stick insects from the family Heteropterygidae native to the Philippine archipelago Mindanao.[1][2]

Description

In

Taxonomy

nominate subspecies, which is now considered missing, in particular by the structuring of pro- and mesonotums, e.g. in the expression of thorns and tubercles.[1][4] Frank H. Hennemann synonymized these subspecies in 2023 with Brasidas lacerta.[2]

In terraristics

All specimens previously introduced, kept and distributed under the name Brasidas foveolatus were identified by Hennemann in 2023 as representatives of Brasidas lacerta. This also applies to the breeding stocks maintained by the Phasmid Study Group under PSG number 301.[2][5]

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