Tisamenus deplanatus

Tisamenus deplanatus
Tisamenus deplanatus 'Ilocos', pair
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Heteropterygidae
Subfamily: Obriminae
Tribe: Obrimini
Genus: Tisamenus
Species:
T. deplanatus
Binomial name
Tisamenus deplanatus
(Westwood, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Phasma (Pachymorpha) deplanatum Westwood, 1848
  • Acanthoderus deplanatus (Westwood, 1848)
  • Hoploclonia deplanata (Westwood, 1848)
  • Tisamenus deplanata (Westwood, 1848)

Tisamenus deplanatus is a stick insect species native to the north of the Philippine island of Luzon. A relatively rarely used common name for the species is flat stick insect, which in turn refers to the species name "deplanatus" what means something like "flattened".