Tisamenus malawak
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| Tisamenus malawak | |
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| Tisamenus malawak, male holotype | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Heteropterygidae |
| Subfamily: | Obriminae |
| Tribe: | Obrimini |
| Genus: | Tisamenus |
| Species: | T. malawak |
| Binomial name | |
| Tisamenus malawak Hennemann, 2025 | |
Tisamenus malawak is a species of stick insect in the family Heteropterygidae native to the Philippine island of Camiguin.[1][2]
Tisamenus malawak is a small and stocky Tisamenus species. The only described male is 29 millimetres (1.1 in) long. Morphologically, it resembles Tisamenus alviolanus from Negros and Tisamenus cervicornis from Luzon, but can be distinguished from these two species, as well as from all other Tisamenus species, by its very broad basal shape. Its mesothorax is significantly shorter than it is wide at the posterior edge. The head and body structure are poorly developed. The pleural spines above the coxae on the meso- and metanotum (meso- and metapleural supraoxals) are directed approximately 45° backwards.[2]
Distribution
Tisamenus malawak is the southernmost Tisamenus species. According to the collection label, the only known specimen to date comes from the island of Camiguin, north of Mindanao. [2] According to Albert Kang, who collected the specimen on January 20, 2014, it comes from Mindanao, but this could also mean that it comes from the Mindanao island group, to which Camiguin belongs.[3]
