Orestes (insect)
Orestes[1] is a genus of stick insects in the subfamily Dataminae (tribe Datamini). Species have a known distribution in: Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Thailand and Vietnam.[2]
| Orestes | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Orestes mouhotii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Suborder: | Verophasmatodea |
| Infraorder: | Areolatae |
| Family: | Heteropterygidae |
| Subfamily: | Dataminae |
| Genus: | Orestes Redtenbacher, 1906 |
Species
The Phasmida Species File[2] lists:
- Orestes bachmaensis Bresseel & Constant, 2018
- Orestes botot Bresseel & Constant, 2018
- Orestes diabolicus Bresseel & Constant, 2018
- Orestes dittmari Bresseel & Constant, 2018
- Orestes draegeri Bresseel & Constant, 2018
- Orestes guangxiensis (Bi & Li, 1994) (synonym Pylaemenes hongkongensis)
- Orestes japonicus (Ho, 2016)
- Orestes krijnsi Bresseel & Constant, 2018
- Orestes mouhotii (Bates, 1865) - type species (as O. verruculatus Redtenbacher, 1906)
- Orestes shirakii (Ho & Brock, 2013)
- Orestes subcylindricus (Redtenbacher, 1906)
Gallery
Orestes bachmaensis
Orestes draegeri, Dong Nai province
Orestes guangxiensis
References
- Redtenbacher (1906) Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden 1: 47.
- "Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) Orestes". PSF. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
External links
Data related to Orestes at Wikispecies
Media related to Orestes (Phasmatodea) at Wikimedia Commons
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.