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Sunny Stick Insect, Phasmid

Sungaya inexpectata

Photo by AlbertKang
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Description:

This Phasmid is endemic to Luzon Island, Philippines and the only specie in its genus, Sungaya.
Pic #1 - Male, around 5.5 cm
Pic #2 - Female, around 8 cm

Habitat:

Tropical forest

Notes:

This specie was described by Oliver Zompro of Germany back in 1996, discovered from a village called Sungay in Philippines, hence the genus name of Sungaya. As it was an unexpected discovery, Zompro named the specie - inexpectata!

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Sungaya inexpectata

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Philippine Wildlife
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Macro Insect South East ASIA
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Phasmids of South East Asia

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PublishedOctober 4, 2014

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