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Short-winged Stick Insect
Asceles margaritatus brevipennis
6.00707, 116.537
Field Notes
Description:
Female adult Phasmid of the specie Asceles margaritatus.
This specie has very tiny wings (Pic #3).
Pic #1 shows close-up of the face with tics/mites on her antennae
Habitat:
High altitude tropical rain forest
Notes:
This specie is only known from Mt. Kinabalu, specifically from the higher altitude, around Kinabalu Park, which is ranging from 1,400 - 1600 masl.
It is newly described as new species in 2016 by Dr. Francis Seow-Choen.
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 8, 2014
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