Nesiophasma davisdamaledoi sp. nov. - a new stick insect from the island of Sumba, Indonesia (Insecta: Phasmatodea)

The new stick insect Nesiophasma davisdamaledoi sp. nov. from the island of Sumba is described and illustrated from both sexes and eggs. It is the first species of the genus Nesiophasma Günther, 1934 and first stick insect to be recorded from Sumba and the third species of Nesiophasma to become known from the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Information on its habitat, host plants, biology and captive breeding are provided.

Updated keys to the species of Nesiophasma are presented. The holotype of the new species as well as that of the Timorese Nesiophasma sobesonbaii Hennemann et al., 2023 are deposited in the collection of Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (MZB).