JungleDragon is a nature and wildlife community for photographers, travellers and anyone who loves nature. We're genuine, free, ad-free and beautiful.

Join

Stick Insect, Phasmid - Phanoclocrania dorsuaria This is the Male of Stick Insect, Phasmid - Phanoclocrania dorsuaria.<br /> When it was first described by St&aring;l back in 1875, it was placed under the genus name of Bostra.<br /> In the year 2011, 2 German taxanomists - Hennemann &amp; Conle studied this species further and created a new genus called Phanoclocrania and placed this species under it.<br /> At the moment, there are only 2 species placed under the genus Phanoclocrania.<br /> This species is rarely seen.<br /> <br /> The Female of the same species can be seen here :<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/43603/stick_insect_phasmid_-_phanoclocrania_dorsuaria.html" title="Stick Insect, Phasmid - Phanoclocrania dorsuaria"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2994/43603_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=9qABNhMfg0IM%2F1Zo5nmDG8dnK2g%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Stick Insect, Phasmid - Phanoclocrania dorsuaria This is a Stick Insect, Phasmid - Phanoclocrania dorsuaria.<br /> When it was first described by St&aring;l back in 1875, it was placed under the genus name of Bostra.<br /> In the year 2011, 2 German taxanomists - Hennemann &amp; Conle studied this species further and created a new genus called Phanoclocrania and placed this species under it.<br /> At the moment, there are only 2 species placed under the genus Phanoclocrania.<br /> This species is rarely seen.<br /> <br /> Close-up of the face showing its &#039;horn&#039; like appendages can be seen here :<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/43601/the_dragon_face.html<br /> <br /> And Male of this species can be seen here :<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/43666/stick_insect_phasmid_-_phanoclocrania_dorsuaria.html<br /> Costa Rica,Geotagged,Phanoclocrania dorsuaria,Phasmid,Stick Insect,Winter" /></a></figure> Costa Rica,Geotagged,Phanoclocrania dorsuaria,Phasmid,Stick Insect,Winter Click/tap to enlarge

Stick Insect, Phasmid - Phanoclocrania dorsuaria

This is the Male of Stick Insect, Phasmid - Phanoclocrania dorsuaria.
When it was first described by Stål back in 1875, it was placed under the genus name of Bostra.
In the year 2011, 2 German taxanomists - Hennemann & Conle studied this species further and created a new genus called Phanoclocrania and placed this species under it.
At the moment, there are only 2 species placed under the genus Phanoclocrania.
This species is rarely seen.

The Female of the same species can be seen here :

Stick Insect, Phasmid - Phanoclocrania dorsuaria This is a Stick Insect, Phasmid - Phanoclocrania dorsuaria.<br /> When it was first described by Stål back in 1875, it was placed under the genus name of Bostra.<br /> In the year 2011, 2 German taxanomists - Hennemann & Conle studied this species further and created a new genus called Phanoclocrania and placed this species under it.<br /> At the moment, there are only 2 species placed under the genus Phanoclocrania.<br /> This species is rarely seen.<br /> <br /> Close-up of the face showing its 'horn' like appendages can be seen here :<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/43601/the_dragon_face.html<br /> <br /> And Male of this species can be seen here :<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/43666/stick_insect_phasmid_-_phanoclocrania_dorsuaria.html<br /> Costa Rica,Geotagged,Phanoclocrania dorsuaria,Phasmid,Stick Insect,Winter

    comments (5)

  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
    Lion
    View Lion class
    The antennae are enormous! Posted 9 years ago
    1. View Albert Kang's profile
      Albert Kang
      Lion
      View Lion class
      Yes, for this species.
      Sometimes, the antennae are part of the key to determine the different genus of Phasmids.
      Some like this one has longer antennae than their front legs, some are medium length but shorter than their front legs and there are others that has extremely short antennae.
      Sometimes, there are also differences between antennae length of Male & Females of the same species, for example the Leaf Insects/Phylliums, the Male only gets very long antennae during their final moult to adulthood whereas the Female remains with fairly short antennae.       Posted 9 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
        Lion
        View Lion class
        Yet again you open up the world of stick insects to me :) Posted 9 years ago
        1. View Albert Kang's profile
          Albert Kang
          Lion
          View Lion class
          You can check out this post with reference to the difference of antennae length of Phylliums - Leaf Insect :

          Leaf Insect - Phyllium philippinicum This is a pair of Leaf Insect - Phyllium philippinicum. The Male is the smaller one, on top of the bigger Female.<br /> Male has full wings and capable of flights and they also have very long antennae. Females have wings but not capable of flights and their antennae is very short. Their colours can varies from green to yellow/orange with patches of brown to camouflage with their surroundings of not just leafs but older leafs or dead leafs. Fall,Geotagged,Leaf Insect,Philippines,Phyllium philippinicum,Walking Leaf Insect,north luzon

           Posted 9 years ago
          1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
            Ferdy Christant
            Lion
            View Lion class
            A huge difference, the female has almost no antennae. Posted 9 years ago

Sign in or Join in order to comment.

The Phanoclocrania dorsuaria

Phanoclocrania dorsuaria is a species of Stick Insect/Phasmid from the family of Lonchodidae.

Info 4 0
Similar species: Stick And Leaf Insects
Species identified by Albert Kang
View Albert Kang's profile

By Albert Kang

All rights reserved
Uploaded Aug 14, 2016. Captured Mar 19, 2015 16:43 in Camino a Durika, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
country flag of Costa Rica Explore Costa Rica 1,936 964 1
  • NIKON D5200
  • f/32.0
  • 1/180s
  • ISO200
  • 32mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.