Orthomeria Kirby, 1904

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 : 13

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Orthomeria Kirby, 1904
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Genus Orthomeria Kirby, 1904 View in CoL

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Type-species: Phasma (Ascephasma) forstenii Haan, 1842: 114 , by original designation.

Comments: A revision of this genus was presented by Bragg (2001: 305) and some of the Bornean species were illustrated by Seow-Choen (2016 & 2017). Examination of extensive material of the genus, particularly from throughout the islands of the Philippine but also Wallacea in the authors collection, shows the genus is still in need of a detailed revision. In particular, the current synonymy of O. pandora ( Westwood, 1859) and O. catadromus ( Westwood, 1859) deserves clarification. The first species was originally described upon three ♂♂ originating from the Philippines and the island of Seram in southern Wallacea, and the latter from three females without confirmed locality (see comments by Vallotto et al., 2016: 52 and Seow-Choen, 2018: 553).

The validity of Coloratobistus Zompro, 2004 (Type-species: C. dilawitimpakpak Zompro, 2004: 83 ), a genus described from the Philippine island of Mindanao, is very questionable and deserves evaluation. The very brief and insufficient generic diagnostic given by Zompro (2004: 82) provides no characters that would allow distinction from Orthomeria . Several ♂♂ at hand from the author’s collection are without any doubt congeneric with Orthomeria .

Distribution: Philippines, Wallacea, Borneo and Palawan.

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