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Brasidas (insect)
''Brasidas'' is a genus of stick insects that is native to the Philippines and is named after the Spartan general Brasidas Characteristics The representatives of this genus correspond in the habitus (biology), habitus typical representatives of the Obrimini and are similar in appearance to ''Obrimus (insect), Obrimus'' species. A pair of very conspicuous holes or pits in the metasternum is characteristic of this genus. Similar indentations can otherwise only be found in the representatives of the genus ''Euobrimus''. The males of the previously known species are about in length, and are significantly smaller than the approximately long females. In egg-laying adult females, the Abdomen (insect anatomy), abdomen in the middle is clearly thickened in height and width. A secondary ovipositor at the end of the abdomen surrounds the actual ovipositor. It is ventral formed from the eighth sternite, here named subgenital plate or operculum and Dorsal (anatomy), dorsally from the elev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brasidas Cavernosus
''Brasidas cavernosus'' is a representative of the stick insects native to the Philippines, Philippine island Luzon. It is considered one of the largest species in the subfamily Obriminae. Taxonomy The species was described in 1877 by Carl Stål under the basionym ''Obrimus cavernosus'' in the genus ''Obrimus (phasmid), Obrimus'', which had also been set up by Stål two years earlier. He calls them closely related to ''Obrimus bufo'' and distinguishes them from the latter by the slightly different spines on the body and legs. The main difference is the lateral pits in the metasternum, which also give the species its name ("cavernousus" Latin for cave-like). In 1933, Sjöstedt mentioned the female presumably used for the first description as a holotype. It is in the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. Josef Redtenbacher (entomologist), Joseph Redtenbacher examined three animals in 1906, more precisely one male and two females, which he assigned to this species. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
