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Stick Insect, Phasmid - Marmessoidea flavoguttata
This is a Phasmid from the species Marmessoidea flavoguttata. They have yellow spots on its wing covers, hence its name - flavoguttata, which means yellow drops/spots. This feature is more prominent in the Males.
Picture of the male of this species can be seen here :
In the picture, it can be clearly seen this female has a pointed hook-like genitalia which also means, this species has been wrongly classified under the genus Marmessoidea. The correct genus of this species should be Rhamphosipyloidea.
The species Marmessoidea flavoguttata (Stål, 1877) is a Phasmid from the subfamily Necrosciinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 and tribe of Necrosciini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893.
However, this species has been wrongly placed in the genus of Marmessoidea when it should be under the genus of Rhamphosipyloidea Redtenbacher, 1908.
