Phasmida - Stick Insects

The following table lists the species in this taxon assessed under the Singapore Red List, which is also published in the third edition of the Singapore Red Data Book.

You may find information for the conservation statuses assessed in the second edition Singapore Red Data Book (RDB2) and third edition Singapore Red Data Book (RDB3).

The information below is accurate as at the time of the listing online for the taxon.

Checklist of Phasmida Species with their Category of Threat Status for Singapore

Prepared by Francis Seow-Choen

Family	Genus	Species	Authority	Common Name	Origin	RDB2	RDB3
Diapheromeridae	Pseudobactricia	ridleyi	Brock, 1999	Ridley’s Stick	Uncertain	NEx	NA
Lonchodidae	Baculofractum	insigne	(Brunner, 1907)	Broken Twig	Native	VU	CR
Lonchodidae	Carausius	transiliens	Brunner, 1907	Knob-back Stick	Native	Not Listed	NT
Lonchodidae	Lonchodes	brevipes	Gray, 1835	Gray’s Malayan Stick	Native	Not Listed	LC
Lonchodidae	Staelonchodes	geniculatus	(Gray, 1835)	Orange-kneed Stick	Native	Not Listed	NT
Lonchodidae	Stheneboea	malaya	Stål, 1875	Warty-legged Stick	Native	Not Listed	NT
Lonchodidae	Acacus	sarawacus sinkiebensis	(Wood-Mason, 1877)	White-kneed Stick	Native	VU	NT
Lonchodidae	Anarchodes	annulipes	(Gray, 1835)	Yellow-and-Brown Stick	Native	Not Listed	NEx
Lonchodidae	Asceles	malaccae	(Saussure, 1868)	Hairy Asceles	Native	Not Listed	LC
Lonchodidae	Asceles	rabihahae	Seow-Choen, 2021	Mottled Asceles	Native	Not Listed	LC
Lonchodidae	Asceles	tanarata singapura	Seow-Choen & Brock, 1999	Singapore Asceles	Native	Not Listed	LC
Lonchodidae	Calvisia (Calvisia)	sangarius	(Westwood, 1859)	Brown Knob-Neck	Native	NEx	NEx
Lonchodidae	Calvisia (Conoicalvisia)	virbius virbius	(Westwood, 1859)	Green Knob-Neck	Native	Not Listed	CR
Lonchodidae	Diacanthoidea	diacanthos	(Haan, 1842)	Spike Head Stick	Native	Not Listed	NEx
Lonchodidae	Diacanthoidea	malaccensis	(Kirby, 1904)	Cone Head Stick	Native	Not Listed	NEx
Lonchodidae	Diardia	battak	Redtenbacher, 1908	Thin-Spine Neck Stick	Native	Not Listed	CR
Lonchodidae	Diesbachia	tamyris tamyris	(Westwood, 1859)	Spiny Flying Stick	Native	VU	EN
Lonchodidae	Gargantuoidea	triumphalis	Redtenbacher, 1908	Triumphant Giant	Native	VU	NT
Lonchodidae	Lobonecroscia	subflava	Brock & Seow-Choen, 2000	Lobe-Legged Stick	Native	VU	CR
Lonchodidae	Lopaphus	brachypterus	(Haan, 1842)	Short Winged Lopaphus	Native	VU	VU
Lonchodidae	Lopaphus	iolas iolas	(Westwood, 1859)	Round Winged Lopaphus	Native	Not Listed	NT
Lonchodidae	Marmessoidea	rosea	(Fabricius, 1793)	Yellow-Spotted Stick	Native	NEx	NEx
Lonchodidae	Necroscia	connexa	(Redtenbacher, 1908)	Rose-Wing Stick	Native	Not Listed	LC
Lonchodidae	Necroscia	ingenua	(Redtenbacher, 1908)	Green Flying Stick	Native	Not Listed	LC
Lonchodidae	Necroscia	punctata	(Gray, 1835)	Spotted Flying Stick	Native	Not Listed	LC
Lonchodidae	Necroscia	westwoodi	Kirby, 1904	Westwood’s Flying Stick	Native	Not Listed	VU
Lonchodidae	Phaenopharos	struthioneus	(Westwood, 1859)	Small-Red-Wings	Native	NEx	CR
Lonchodidae	Planososibia	esacus	(Westwood, 1859)	Banded Sosibia	Native	Not Listed	LC
Lonchodidae	Planososibia	lysippus	(Westwood, 1859)	Greater Sosibia	Native	Not Listed	LC
Lonchodidae	Planososibia	tommykohi	Seow-Choen, 2017	Tommy’s Sosibia	Native	Not Listed	CR
Lonchodidae	Singaporoidea	meneptolemus	(Westwood, 1859)	Green-Legged Stick	Native	Not Listed	NT
Lonchodidae	Sipyloidea	chlorotica	Serville, 1838	Pink Winged Stick	Native	VU	LC
Lonchodidae	Trachythorax	sp.			Native	Not Listed	NE
Phasmatidae	Ramulus	nematodea	(Haan, 1842)	Great Thin Stick	Native	VU	LC
Phasmatidae	Phobaeticus	serratipes	(Gray, 1835)	Giant Malayan Stick	Native	VU	NEx
Phasmatidae	Eurycnema	versirubra	Serville, 1838	Pink-Winged Green Giant	Non-Native	NEx	NA
Aschiphasmatidae	Chlorobistus	xiuyuae	Brock & Seow-Choen, 1999	Xiuyu’s Abrosoma	Native	Not Listed	NT
Aschiphasmatidae	Kerabistus (Kerabistus)	murphyi	Seow-Choen, 2017	Murphy’s Kerabistus	Native	Not Listed	CR
Aschiphasmatidae	Presbistus	peleus	(Gray, 1835)	Green-Striped Flying Stick	Native	Not Listed	LC
Heteropterygidae	Orestes	draegeri	Bresseel & Constant, 2018	Small Cigar Stick	Native	VU	LC
Heteropterygidae	Planispectrum	bengalense	(Redtenbacher, 1906)	Pygmy Stick	Native	VU	VU
Heteropterygidae	Pylaemenes	mitratus	(Redtenbacher, 1906)	Money Plant Stick	Native	Not Listed	LC
Heteropterygidae	Haaniella	mecheli macroptera	Hennemann, Conle, Brock & Seow-Choen, 2016	Spiny Brown Stick	Native	Not Listed	CR
Heteropterygidae	Heteropteryx	dilatata	(Parkinson, 1798)	Malayan Jungle Nymph	Native	CR	NEx
Phylliidae	Cryptophyllium	chrisangi	Seow-Choen, 2017	Chris Ang’s Leaf Insect	Native	Not Listed	LC
Phylliidae	Phyllium	hausleithneri	Brock, 1999	Hausleithner’s Leaf Insect	Uncertain	Not Listed	NA
Phylliidae	Pulchriphyllium	bioculatum	(Gray, 1832)	Gray’s Leaf Insect	Native	VU	NT

The list of the Categories used in 3^rd edition of the Red List is:

	Category	Abbreviation	Criteria
Not Threatened	Least Concern	LC	Not approaching the above criteria
Not Threatened	Near-Threatened	NT	Approaching but not yet reaching the threshold for the above criteria
Threatened	Vulnerable	VU	There are fewer than 1,000 mature individuals but more than 250 and there may or may not be any other evidence of decline, small range size or fragmentation.
	Endangered	EN	There are fewer than 250 mature individuals and no other evidence of decline or fragmentation.
	Critically Endangered	CR	There are fewer than 50 mature individuals, OR if more than 50 mature individuals but less than 250, with some evidence of decline or fragmentation.
Extirpation & Extinction	Presumed Nationally Extinct	NEx	The species is extinct (extirpated) within Singapore but it still survives outside Singapore.
Extirpation & Extinction	Globally Extinct	EX	The species is extinct all over the world, both in the wild and in cultivation
Other Categories	Data Deficient	DD	Inadequate information to make an informed assessment
	Not Applicable	NA	Species that are not eligible for assessment at the national level (mainly introduced taxa and vagrants)
	Not Evaluated	NE	Species that are possibly eligible for assessment but have not yet been evaluated against the criteria
	Not Listed	NL	Species not listed in the records (in the IUCN Global Red List database, or the first edition Singapore Red Data Book - RDB 1 and second edition Singapore Red Data Book - RDB 2) for whatever reason