Sungaya inexpectata

Sungaya inexpectata
Female of Sungaya inexpectata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Heteropterygidae
Genus: Sungaya
Species:
S. inexpectata
Binomial name
Sungaya inexpectata
Zompro, 1996

Sungaya inexpectata is a species of stick insects and the type species of genus Sungaya. The species name is derived from the Latin as "inexpectatus" and means "unexpected". Its common name is sunny stick insect, derived from the less commonly used sungay stick insect, which in turn refers to the place where the species was found.