Stick Insect, Phasmid - Hennemannia alveare

This is a female Phasmid of the species Hennemannia alveare.
It is a newly described species in May 2016 and the genus name is newly erected in honour of Frank Hennemann, a Phasmidologist from Germany. The species name - alveare refers to the similarity of the appendages above her head, which looks like a bee-hive, relating to the bee-hive hair style of the 1960s.
She is small in size, around 4cm.

Close-up picture of the face can be seen here :

comments (4)

Jivko Nakev

Lion

Since I cannot find any info in Internet, in order to create a species record I need to know the family. Posted 8 years ago
1. Albert Kang
  
  Lion
  
  JIvko, you can look up this link for the reference of the species :
  
  http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1228409
  
  Family name is Diapheromeridae
  Sub-Family name is Necrosciinae
  Tribe name is Necrosciini
  
  By the way, I made a spelling error when I made the species ID. It should be Hennemannia alveare and not Hennemania alveare. Sorry for the typo error. Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. Jivko Nakev
    
    Lion
    
    Thank you, Albert, that's why I couldn't find any info... I was not aware there are so many phasmids! Amazing creatures! Thank you for sharing all these species. Posted 8 years ago
  2. 1. Albert Kang
      
      Lion
      
      Thanks too, Jivko :) Posted 8 years ago