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Hennemannia alveare
This small sized Phasmid, around 8 cm has a unique shaped head, which gave her, her name alveare, meaning beehive in Latin; so called because of the resemblance of the occipital swelling on her head to the beehive hairstyle popular amongst young ladies in the 1960s. This is a new species of Phasmid and placed under a new genus, Hennemannia, named in honour of Frank Hennemann, from Germany.
From tropical forest, endemic to Sarawak
New Organism to Project Noah
Spotted on Jul 9, 2015
Submitted on Jul 15, 2016
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