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*''Phibalosoma annamallayanum'' <small>Wood-Mason, 1877</small><br />
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*''Pharnacia annamallayana'' <small>(Wood-Mason, 1877)</small><br />
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'''''Phobaeticus annamallayanus''''' is a species of [[stick insect]] found in forests in [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mandal |first=Swapan Kumar |url=https://zsi.gov.in/uploads/documents/importantLinks/english/23.pdf |title=Checklist of Phasmida of India |last2=Mandal |first2=Kurapada |publisher=Zoological Survey of India}}</ref> Its [[Type (biology)#type locality|type location]] is in the forests of the Annamallay hills.<br />
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== Taxonomy ==<br />
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''Phobaeticus annamallayanus'' is one of the 24 species of [[Phasmatodea|phasmid]]s described by [[James Wood-Mason]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Bragg |first=P. E. |title=Biographies of Phasmatologists – 7. James Wood-Mason |date=2008 |journal=Phasmid Studies |volume=17 |issue=1 & 2 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207205 |publisher=Phasmid Study Group}}</ref> He described the species from one preserved specimen given to him by a Colonel and a "much mutilated" dried specimen.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |page=161 |last=Wood-Mason|first=James |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/111663#page/175/mode/1up |journal=Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal|title=New Insects from Tenasserim |date=1877 |location=Calcutta}}</ref> Both specimens were female.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Frank H. |first=Hennemann |last2=Conle |first2=Oskar V. |date=15 Oct 2008 |title=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 |journal=[[Zootaxa]] |isbn=978-1-86977-271-0 |eissn=1175-5334}}</ref> Wood-Mason originally described the species as ''Phibalosoma annamallayanum'',<ref name=":0" /> but the species was reclassified into the genus ''[[Pharnacia]]'' in 1904 with [[William Forsell Kirby]]'s ''A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kirby |first=W. F. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/134559#page/373/mode/1up |title=A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera |publisher=Taylor and Francis |year=1904 |location=London}}</ref> It was subsequently renamed in 2008 as ''Phobaeticus annamallayanus'' based on the structure of its praeopercular organ, a structure only present in females and used during copulation''.<ref name=":1" />''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Glossary - Phasmid Study Group |url=http://www.phasmidstudygroup.org/index.php/phasmids/knowledge-base/glossary |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=www.phasmidstudygroup.org}}</ref> The [[species epithet]] derives from the Annamallay Hills where they are found.<ref name=":1" /> <br />
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The paper that recombined ''Pharnacia Annamallayanum''{{Sic}}{{Efn|Kirby listed the species epithet starting with a capital letter.}} as ''Phobaeticus annamallayanus'' noted that another species, ''[[Phobaeticus sinetyi]]'', bears many similarities to ''Ph.'' ''annamallayanus''; however, the authors concluded more material was necessary to decide whether ''Ph. sinetyi'' should be considered a [[Synonym (taxonomy)|synonym]] of ''Ph.'' ''annamallayanus''.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== Description ==<br />
Wood-Mason's original description was very brief.<ref name=":1" /> He noted that ''Ph. annamallayanus'' was similar to ''[[Phobaeticus serratipes|Ph. acanthopus]],'' but in general more compact and sturdy, with a "stout" body and "shorter and thicker" legs. In total, Wood-Mason's preserved specimen was {{Convert|22.2|cm|in}} long – the head was just {{Convert|1.48|cm|in}} in length but with {{Convert|5.1|cm|in|adj=on}} antennae; the [[mesothorax]], [[metathorax]] and [[Abdomen#Other animals|abdomen]] combined measured {{Convert|19.53|cm|in}}.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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