Heteropteryx dilatata
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| phylum | Arthropoda | The females are much larger and wider than the males, reaching 14 centimetres (5.5 in) to 17 centimetres (6.7 in) in length[5] and 30 to 65 g in weight, making them among the heaviest phasmids and extant insects. The much smaller males are slender and only about 9 centimetres (3.5 in) to 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long.
Heteropteryx dilatata comes from the Malay Archipelago. There it was found on the Malay Peninsula, in Thailand, Singapore, as well as on Sumatra and in Sarawak on Borneo. It is unclear whether the animals documented on Madagascar belong to an indigenous population. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Phasmatodea |
| Class | Insecta | |
| superorder | Exopterygota | |
| order | Phasmatodea | |
| Family | Heteropterygidae | |
| Genus | Heteropteryx | |
| Species | H. dilatata |
