Phobaeticus serratipes

Phobaeticus serratipes (formerly known as Pharnacia serratipes) is a species of stick insect that at one time was the longest known insect, with one female specimen recorded as being 555 mm long.[2] This measurement includes the legs fully extended front and rear, and the actual length of the body alone is considerably shorter. This insect is endemic to Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Sumatra.[1] It is a popular species among those who raise stick insects.

Phobaeticus serratipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Genus: Phobaeticus
Species:
P. serratipes
Binomial name
Phobaeticus serratipes
(Gray, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Bacteria acanthopus
    Burmeister, 1838
  • Baculolonga serratipes
    (Gray, 1835)
  • Cladoxerus serratipes
    Gray, 1835
  • Pharnacia serratipes
    (Gray, 1835)
  • Phibalosoma serratipes
    (Gray, 1835)
  • Bactridium grande
    Rehn, 1920[1]

The record for longest known insect is now held by an unnamed species of Phryganistria measuring 624 mm, held in the Insect Museum of West China in Chengdu.[3] Phobaeticus serratipes is also slightly shorter in body length than one specimen of Phobaeticus kirbyi.

See also

References
  1. F.H., Hennemann; Conle, O.V. (October 2008). "Revision of Oriental Phasmatodea: The tribe Pharnaciini Günther, 1953, including the description of the world's longest insect, and a survey of the family Phasmatidae Gray, 1835 with keys to the subfamilies and tribes (Phasmatodea: "Anareolatae": Phasmatidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1906: 1–316. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1906.1.1. ISSN 1175-5326. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  2. Seow-Choen, F. (1995). The longest insect in the world. Malayan Nat. 48: 12.
  3. "Longest Insect discovered in China".
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