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Nesiophasma
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Nesiophasma

Nesiophasma is a genus of very large stick insects within the order Phasmatodea and the tribe of Stephanacridini. This genus is found in Wallacea west of Weber’s Line: Sulawesi, Peleng Island, Selayar Island, Kalaotoa Island, Sanana Island, Romang Island, Timor Island, Sangihe Island and Talaud Islands. New Guinea with doubt . The largest in the list of species is Nesiophasma giganteum, with females reaching a body length of 30 cm (12 inches).

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sobesonbai's Stick Insect

speciesNesiophasma sobesonbaii

Nesiophasma plateni

speciesNesiophasma plateni

Nesiophasma giganteum

speciesNesiophasma giganteum

Nesiophasma turbans

speciesNesiophasma turbans

Nesiophasma spinulosum

speciesNesiophasma spinulosum

Nesiophasma sananaense

speciesNesiophasma sananaense

Davis Damaledo's Stick Insect

speciesNesiophasma davisdamaledoi

Nesiophasma oligarches

speciesNesiophasma oligarches

Nesiophasma kuehni

speciesNesiophasma kuehni

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 742414.