Orestes mouhotii

Orestes mouhotii
Orestes mouhotii, pair from Kirirom
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Superfamily: Bacilloidea
Family: Heteropterygidae
Subfamily: Dataminae
Genus: Orestes
Species:
O. mouhotii
Binomial name
Orestes mouhotii
(Bates, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Acanthoderus mouhotii Bates, 1865
  • Dares fulmeki Werner, 1934
  • Datames mouhotii (Bates, 1865)
  • Orestes mouhoutii Fritzsche, 1999
  • Pylaemenes mouhotii Fritzsche, 2000
  • Orestes verrucatulus Otte & Brock, 2005
  • Orestes verruculatus Redtenbacher, 1906

Orestes mouhotii is an insect species belonging to the order of Phasmatodea. Because of its synyonym Orestes verruculatus, it is the type species of the genus Orestes. Because of its compact body shape, the species is sometimes referred to as small cigar stick insect.

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