Planososibia Explained

Planososibia is a genus of Asian stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini, erected by Francis Seow-Choen in 2016.^[1] Species have been recorded from: Sri Lanka, Tibet, China, Vietnam and Malesia.^[2]

Species

The Phasmida Species File^[2] lists:

1. Planososibia biaculeata (Redtenbacher, 1908)
2. Planososibia bimai Seow-Choen, 2020
3. Planososibia brevialata Ho, 2017
4. Planososibia chini Seow-Choen, 2021
5. Planososibia cornuta (Chen & He, 2008)
6. Planososibia cpae Seow-Choen, 2017
7. Planososibia emileenae Seow-Choen, 2017
8. Planososibia esacus (Westwood, 1859) - type species (as Necroscia esacus Westwood)
9. Planososibia humbertiana (Saussure, 1868)
10. Planososibia kotalensis Seow-Choen, 2017
11. Planososibia leusera Seow-Choen, 2018
12. Planososibia liui Ho, 2017
13. Planososibia lysippus (Westwood, 1859)
14. Planososibia nigricans (Redtenbacher, 1908)
15. Planososibia paraesalus (Redtenbacher, 1908)
16. Planososibia parvipennis (Stål, 1877)
17. Planososibia platycerca (Redtenbacher, 1908)
18. Planososibia qiongensis (Ho, 2013)
19. Planososibia siewtei Seow-Choen, 2017
20. Planososibia subulussalama Seow-Choen, 2018
21. Planososibia tommykohi Seow-Choen, 2017
22. Planososibia truncata (Chen & Chen, 2000)
23. Planososibia trusmadiensis Seow-Choen, 2017
24. Planososibia yunnana (Chen & He, 2008)
25. Planososibia zackyi Seow-Choen, 2018

Notes and References

1. Seow-Choen F (2016) A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo 224.
2. Web site: Phasmida Species File . Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) Genus Planososibia Seow-Choen, 2016. 26 November 2022.