{"id":4364,"date":"2026-04-14T05:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/?page_id=4364"},"modified":"2026-04-14T05:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:06:59","slug":"kurisuphenax-ultimus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/?page_id=4364","title":{"rendered":"Kurisuphenax ultimus"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border: none;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/?page_id=129\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/region_asian.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"41\" height=\"41\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/?page_id=64\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ecol-shopping-cart.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"37\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/?page_id=177\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60\" title=\"taxon_archi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/taxon_archi.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"38\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1>Kurisuphenax ultimus<\/h1>\n<div class=\"card-content\">\n<div class=\"sciname\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ar_ku_ult.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4363\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ar_ku_ult.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ar_ku_ult.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ar_ku_ult-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\u201cUltimate Kurisu-deceiver\u201d<\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>Kingdom<\/dt>\n<dd>Microsynthera<\/dd>\n<dt>Phylum<\/dt>\n<dd>Plasticae<\/dd>\n<dt>Class<\/dt>\n<dd>Occlupanida<\/dd>\n<dt>Order<\/dt>\n<dd>Orthogonidectes<\/dd>\n<dt>Family<\/dt>\n<dd>Archignathidae<\/dd>\n<dt>Genus<\/dt>\n<dd><em>Kurisuphenax<\/em><\/dd>\n<dt>Species<\/dt>\n<dd><em>K. ultimus<\/em><\/dd>\n<dt>External morphology<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Shiny and pliable integument. Size 26.7 mm x 23.6 mm<\/p>\n<div class=\"description\">\n<p>Displaying both proximal and distal coxae, it is the closest mimic yet to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/?page_id=2777\"><em>Infirmamaxilla kurisu<\/em><\/a>, hence the species name as an &#8220;ultimate&#8221; form. The considerably large <a href=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ar_ku_ult_amic.jpg\">amicula<\/a> has numerous markings that resemble simplified Chinese and Japanese characters. Specimens were found preying on paper wrapped around shine muscat grapes at the Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market in Hong Kong. Rather than the finely textured integument that is present in others in the <em>Kurisuphenax<\/em> genus, <em>K. ultimus<\/em> has a polished integument on both sides. Species discovered and described by Kurisu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kurisuphenax ultimus \u201cUltimate Kurisu-deceiver\u201d Kingdom Microsynthera Phylum Plasticae Class Occlupanida Order Orthogonidectes Family Archignathidae Genus Kurisuphenax Species K. ultimus External morphology Shiny and pliable integument. Size 26.7 mm x 23.6 mm Displaying both proximal and distal coxae, it is the closest mimic yet to Infirmamaxilla kurisu, hence the species name as an &#8220;ultimate&#8221; form. 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