A new species of stick insect of the genus Phryganistria measuring 62.4 centimetres, which was discovered in southern China in 2014, was recently declared as the World's longest insect. The creature surpassed the previous record holder, another stick insect discovered in 2008, by nearly six centimetres. Zhao Li, who had discovered the species, has named it Phryganistria chinensis Zhao.