Tisamenus deplanata (Tisamenus deplanata)

Stick Insect, Phasmid - Tisamenus deplanata Female Phasmid of the species Tisamenus deplanata.
Species from this genus has 2 spots behind their second pair of legs, making it looks like false eyes as part of the face of a tribal mask. Albay,Geotagged,Phasmid,Philippines,Stick Insect,Summer,Tisamenus deplanata

Naming

Etymology - Tisamenus or Tissamenus (Τισαμενός), in Greek mythology, was a son of Orestes and his cousin Hermione. De- from Latin (away from, from, off) and plana- from Latin (flat)

Stick Insect, Phasmid - Tisamenus deplanata Male Phasmid of the species Tisamenus deplanata.
This species was first described in 1848 but only the female of the species were known and described.
Male of this species was only recorded in 2011. Albay,Geotagged,Phasmid,Philippines,Stick Insect,Summer,Tisamenus deplanata

Distribution

Like all species from the genus Tisamenus, they are only recorded from Philippines.
Tisamenus deplanata is recorded from South Luzon.

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Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Division	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Phasmatodea
Family	Heteropterygidae
Genus	Tisamenus
Species	Tisamenus deplanata

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Philippines