Descriptions of two new stick insect species of Hennemann, Conle, Zhang & Liu (Phasmatodea) from China based on integrative taxonomy.

Accurate taxonomical identification is an extremely important basis for stick insect research, including evolutionary biology but also applied biology such as pest control. In addition, genetic methods are a valuable identification auxiliary technology at present. Therefore, this paper used morphological and molecular data to investigate five stick insect specimens from the genus in Yunnan, successfully identifying two new species: Xu, Jiang & Yang, and Xu, Jiang & Yang, A phylogenetic tree was constructed through their and genes in order to infer the phylogenetic position of the two new species. Photographs of the new species and a key to all known species are provided.