Dimorphodes Westwood, 1859

Hennemann, Frank H. & Tirant, Stéphane Le, 2023, Stick and Leaf Insects of Morotai Island, Indonesia (Phasmatodea), Faunitaxys 11 (24), pp. 1-28 : 8

Genus Dimorphodes Westwood, 1859

Type species. – Dimorphodes prostasis Westwood, 1859: 81 , pl. 34: 4 - 5, by original monotypy.

Comments. – The taxonomy of the genus Dimorphodes is poorly defined. Günther (1934: 87) attempted a reorganisation which basically reduced the known diversity to five valid species with all the other known taxa either regarded as subspecies of D. mancus Bates, 1865 and D. prostasis Westwood, 1859 or synonymised. The genus is badly in need of a revision and likely many of the taxa regarded as subspecies by Günther are in fact valid species.As a first step towards a rearrangement, Hennemann (2021: 94) presented a survey and keys to the four known Sulawesian species and reinstated two taxa ( D. celebensis Redtenbacher, 1908 and D. sarasini Redtenbacher, 1908 ) as valid species.

Distribution. – New Guinea and Wallacea.