Global InformationNesiophasma giganteum information
| Nesiophasma giganteum | |
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| Nesiophasma giganteum mating, photographed by Hari Purwanto | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Phasmatidae |
| Genus: | Nesiophasma |
| Species: | N. giganteum
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| Binomial name | |
| Nesiophasma giganteum Hennemann, Le Tirant & Purwanto, 2021
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Nesiophasma giganteum[1] is a recently described species of stick insect, order Phasmatodea. It is endemic to Peleng.[2] Adult females are large, typically measuring 250–300mm (10–12 inches) in body length. Both sexes are wingless.
- ^ 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: 106–113
- ^ Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0); retrieved 23 April 2022)