Obrimus (phasmid)

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Obrimus
Obrimus bicolanus,
left female, right male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Superfamily:
Bacilloidea
Family: Heteropterygidae
Subfamily: Obriminae
Tribe: Obrimini
Genus: Obrimus
Stål, 1875
Species

Obrimus is a stick insect genus native to the Philippines. It is type genus for the tribe and the subfamily in which it is listed.

Characteristics

The species of this genus correspond in the

metasternum
.

The shape of the eggs also differs significantly from that of other genera. The eggs are 4 to 5 millimetres (0.16 to 0.20 in) long and 3 to 4 millimetres (0.12 to 0.16 in) wide. The micropylar plate has three arms and is located on the

dorsal area, which is bulging. The egg shape is reminiscent of that of Sungaya eggs. However, behind the tip at the lower pole there is another blunt pole, so that the eggs below, more or less clearly recognizable, have two blunt ends. The lid (operculum) sits diagonally on the egg and falls off sharply to the ventral side.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus Obrimus was established in 1875 by Carl Stål. The generic name is borrowed from Greek mythology. As the only species, and thus type species, Stål named Obrimus bufo, which until then was listed in the genus Acanthoderus. Other species were later transferred to the genus or described in it. In the meantime most of them have been transferred to the younger genera Aretaon, Trachyaretaon, Brasidas and Euobrimus. Remaining in the genus are:[2]

Distribution

Of the representatives known so far, only the occurrence of the two species described by Rehn and Rehn is known in more detail. Both appear on

Bicol region, Obrimus uichancoi was collected in the north in the province Apayao. Only the Philippines are given as location of the two other species.[1][2]

Terraristic

A single representative of the genus is currently in the

Pulog'. The Phasmid Study Group lists the species under the name Obrimus bicolanus (?) and PSG number 324.[3][4]

References

  1. ^
    Rehn, J. A. G. & Rehn, J. W. H. (1939). Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences (Vol. 90, 1938)
    , Philadelphia, pp. 435 ff.
  2. ^ a b Brock, P. D.; Büscher, T. H. & Baker, E. W. Phasmida Species File Online. Version 5.0/5.0 (accessdate 26 June 2021)
  3. ^ Information about Obrimus sp. 'Pocdol' at phasmatodea.com by Kneubühler, B.
  4. ^ Phasmid Study Group Culture List

External links

  • Media related to Obrimus at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Obrimus at Wikispecies
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