Thursday, February 27, 2014

Can you identify this stick insect from Cambodia?

There might be some stick insect experts out there...

I would appreciate your help if you stumble onto this blog and have an idea of which species the following phasmid belongs to.

I have observed this unidentified stick insect on August 2011 in Cambodia between 600 and 700 metres above sea level in hill evergreen forest. At first glance, it looked to me as it could be related to the genus Necroscia. Quite well known from European growers as Necroscia annulipes, a fantastic species from Tapah Hills, Malaysia, has been more and more available for breeding these last years (since 2006).
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Please find below some shots of the Cambodian phasmid I found. I am not familiar enough with phasmids taxonomy so, sadly, I didn't take any photograph that would be very helpful, I'm afraid. 




Here is the little John Doe with a friend's hand, for scale.


I have observed Necroscia marginata in Sarawak, Borneo (photograph below)  quite some time ago. and I have the feeling that the Cambodian phasmid might belong to this genus as well, or at least to the Necrosciinae subfamily.


So what do you think?
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6 comments:

  1. UnknownFebruary 27, 2014 at 10:45 PM

    Amei a postagem, adoro ver flagrante.
    Parabéns pelas imagens

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  2. Paulo OrtegaMarch 3, 2014 at 5:38 AM

    Thanks for posting this! Yes it appears to be from the Necrosciinae subfamily. Cambodia is barely explored when it comes to phasmids and Necrosciinae are very biodiverse and speciose with many new species and even genera still being described regularly all over South East Asia alone.

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  3. François Sockhom Mey March 4, 2014 at 6:58 PM

    Thanks for your insight Paulo. Do you happen to know a phasmid specialist who con tell the exact id of this bug?
    Thank you in advance.

    François.

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  4. Paulo OrtegaMarch 7, 2014 at 1:57 PM

    I shared this page to them and still waiting for id help

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  5. UnknownAugust 17, 2016 at 11:00 PM

    Dear Francois

    I stumbled upon your page and I read this on your truly magnificent blog:
    "I would appreciate your help if you stumble onto this blog and have an idea of which species the following phasmid belongs to.

    Of course now I feel obliged to answer :-) Your species indeed belongs to the subfamily Necrosciinae but is not really closely related to the genus Necroscia. The genus is most probably the(for now) monospecific genus Lamachodes. I'm studying the stick insects of Vietnam (and recently Cambodia)and the adult male on your picture actually belongs to a species complex and two species are described in a wrong genus, one from Myanmar and one from Thailand. You can find pics of them here: http://www.phasma.eu/rechts/kweeklijst2/Asceles_spec_Bansalok.htm
    So until the taxonomic puzzle is solved, nobody will be able to identify your species :-)We have about 15 new species to describe from Vietnam alone... another species from the same genus:
    http://www.ulft-ict.nl/phasma/kweekfotos/fotos.asp?id=753

    Hope this helps
    Joachim

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  6. François Sockhom Mey November 27, 2016 at 10:04 PM

    Dear Joachim,

    A very late thank you (I apologize) for your help in the identification of this Necrosciinae. I hope all the species you mentionned will be described soon.

    All the best,

    François.

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