However, he only recognized that the female belongs to the genus Hoploclonia established by Carl Stål in 1875.

Philip Edward Bragg first transferred the species to the genus Epidares in 1998.

The holotype of Hoploclonia cuspidata is a 52 millimetres (2.0 in) long female, which is deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, France.

[5] As early as 2018, a study proved that Hoploclonia abercrombiei is an independent and therefore valid species.

[1][5] The stick insects, wingless in both sexes, have spines on their bodies that are typical of representatives of this genus.

Only the areas around the coxae, as well as the distal ends of the femurs and the proximal ends of the tibae, i.e. the knee area, are yellow to orange in color and form a clear contrast to the basic color.

Only on the thorax do they have clear, very flat spines, which on the mesothorax form the triangle typical of Hoploclonia species.

The end of the abdomen forms a short ovipositor for laying the eggs in the ground.

These go back to specimens that Ian Abercrombie had collected in 1994 in Brunei, more precisely in Kuala Belalong in the Temburong District.

In these there should be a substrate that is always slightly moist and suitable for laying eggs on the terrarium floor.