The term "Lonodochs praon" does not correspond to any recognized scientific name. It is most likely a misspelling of Lonchodes praon, a valid species of stick insect (order Phasmatodea) described by the English entomologist John Obadiah Westwood in 1859.
Lonchodes praon (correct spelling) is a species of phasmid or stick insect found in Sri Lanka. Its taxonomic classification is as follows:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Phasmatodea
- Family: (within the stick insect group)
- Genus: Lonchodes
- Species: Lonchodes praon Westwood, 1859
Synonyms for this species include:
- Staelonchodes praon (Westwood, 1859)
- Stheneboea (Medaura) praon (Westwood, 1859)
The holotype specimen (a male) is deposited at the Natural History Museum in London (NHMUK). The species was originally described in Westwood's 1859 work Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae.
No other encyclopedic information is available for the term "Lonodochs praon" as written.
