Sipyloidea Tuberculata Stick Insect vs Mueller's Thorny Stick Insect

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Attribute Sipyloidea Tuberculata Stick Insect Mueller's Thorny Stick Insect
Scientific Name Sipyloidea tuberculata Haaniella muelleri
Order Phasmatodea Phasmatodea
Family Lonchodidae Heteropterygidae
Size 7-10 cm 7-11 cm
Habitat Grasslands Mountains
Diet Herbivores Herbivores
Regions China (Guangxi) Malaysia (Borneo)
Conservation Data Deficient Data Deficient

Sipyloidea Tuberculata Stick Insect

A winged stick insect from southern China with small tubercles along its thorax. It was recently described from specimens collected in Guangxi.

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Did You Know?

It was described as a new species during a comprehensive revision of Chinese Necrosciinae stick insects.

Mueller's Thorny Stick Insect

A robust Bornean thorny stick insect with strong sexual dimorphism. It is one of five recently revised Haaniella species.

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Did You Know?

A 2016 taxonomic revision described five new Haaniella species, highlighting how much diversity remains to be catalogued.