Tisamenus (insect)

Tisamenus
	Different Tisamenus species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Superfamily:	Bacilloidea
Family:	Heteropterygidae
Subfamily:	Obriminae
Tribe:	Obrimini
Genus:	Tisamenus; Stål, 1875
Type species
	Tisamenus serratorius; Stål, 1875
Species
	List Tisamenus alviolanus ; Tisamenus armadillo ; Tisamenus asper ; Tisamenus cervicornis ; Tisamenus charestae ; Tisamenus clotho ; Tisamenus deplanatus ; Tisamenus draconinus ; Tisamenus hebardi ; Tisamenus heitzmanni ; Tisamenus hystrix ; Tisamenus irenoliti ; Tisamenus kalahani ; Tisamenus lachesis ; Tisamenus makinis ; Tisamenus malawak ; Tisamenus napalaki ; Tisamenus polillo ; Tisamenus ranarius ; Tisamenus serratorius ; Tisamenus spadix ; Tisamenus summaleonilae ; Tisamenus tagalog ; Tisamenus trapezoides ;
Synonyms
	Ilocano Rehn, J.A.G. & Rehn, J.W.H., 1939;

The genus Tisamenus, endemic to the Philippines, currently includes 24 valid (as of July 2025), small to medium-sized species of stick insects. A relatively rarely used common name for the genus is triangular back stick insect, which in turn refers to the genus-typical triangle on the mesonotum.

Tisamenus

Tisamenus heitzmanni 'Cebu'

Tisamenus clotho 'Camarines'

Tisamenus cervicornis 'Pocdol'

	Tisamenus malawak 'Camiguin'

	Tisamenus hystrix 'Sibuyan'

Tisamenus deplanatus 'Ilocos'

	Tisamenus napalaki 'Palaui'

	Tisamenus sp. 'San Pablo'

Tisamenus hebardi

	Tisamenus lachesis 'Mt. Binangonan' (Real, Sierra Madre)

	Tisamenus lachesis 'Quezon' = Tisamenus sp. 'Nueva Vizcaya'

	Tisamenus sp. 'Macatel Falls' (Claveria)

	Tisamenus draconinus 'Cagayan' = Tisamenus sp. 'Callao Cave'

Relationships of the examined Tisamenus species by Sarah Bank et al. (2021). Species classification according to Hennemann (2025)