Phobaeticus kirbyi is species of stick insect native to Borneo. It is one of the world's longest insects. The holotype deposited at the Natural History Museum in London measures in body length and total length, including extended legs. This makes it the third-longest known insect in terms of body length, behind the stick insects Phryganistria "chinensis" (an informal name for a currently undescribed species) with and Phobaeticus chani with . P. "chinensis", P. chani, P. serratipes and Ctenomorpha gargantua exceed it in total length with legs extended (no body lengths of females have been published for the last two, making it unclear if they also surpass P. kirbyi in this measurement).Brock, P.D. 1999. The amazing world of stick and leaf-insects. Cravitz Printing Co., Essex, England. Recent specimens of P. kirbyi have only reached in body length.
References
External links Phasmid Study Group: Phobaeticus kirbyi Phasmida Species File: Phobaeticus kirbyi