Ramulus recessus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)

Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), Zootaxa 5073 (1), pp. 1-189 : 69

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AA3269D1-CA2F-4528-BC9D-3A4C75D05BD9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14198331
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DB87EE-FFB5-9D13-FF40-583EFC8CF427
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Ramulus recessus
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Treatment

5. Ramulus recessus View in CoL (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907: 207) [ Cuniculina ].

HT, ♀: Key Tual, Rohde , ex coll. H. Fruh-storfer; Collectio Br. v. W.; det. Br. v. W. Cuniculina recessa ; 22.661 [ NHMW, No. 376] .

Comments: This species was originally described from a unique ♀ in NHMW and has never been recorded since. Examination shows this fairly small (body length 92.0 mm), blackish brown insect to be very similat to several of the smaller Javanese species, e.g. R. lobipes (Brunner v. W., 1907), R. serrulatus (Brunner v. W., 1907) or R. verecundus (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907). Thus, the locality is not unlikely to be erroneous.

Distribution: Kai Islands, N-Kai Ketjil, Tual [NHMW].