Biology:Diapheromera

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Short description: Genus of stick insects

Diapheromera
Diapheromera arizonensis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Diapheromeridae
Subfamily: Diapheromerinae
Genus: Diapheromera
Gray, 1835

Diapheromera is a genus of stick insects in the family Diapheromeridae. There are about 14 described species in Diapheromera.[1][2][3]

Diapheromera arizonensis

Species

These 14 species belong to the genus Diapheromera.[2][3]

  • Diapheromera arizonensis Caudell, 1903 (Arizona walkingstick)
  • Diapheromera beckeri Kaup, 1871
  • Diapheromera calcarata (Burmeister, 1838)
  • Diapheromera carolina Scudder, 1901 (Carolina walkingstick)
  • Diapheromera covilleae Rehn & Hebard, 1909 (creosote bush walkingstick)
  • Diapheromera erythropleura Hebard, 1923
  • Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) (northern walkingstick)
  • Diapheromera kevani Vickery, 1997
  • Diapheromera nitens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
  • Diapheromera persimilis Caudell, 1904 (similar walkingstick)
  • Diapheromera petita Vickery, 1997
  • Diapheromera tamaulipensis Rehn, J.A.G., 1909 (tamaulipan walkingstick)
  • Diapheromera torquata Hebard, 1934
  • Diapheromera velii Walsh, 1864 (prairie walkingstick)

References

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9. 
  • Brock, Paul D. (1999). The amazing world of stick and leaf-insects. 26. The Amateur Entomologists' Society. ISBN 0-900054-63-8. 
  • Otte, Daniel; Brock, Paul (2003). Phasmida Species File: A Catalog of the Stick and Leaf Insects of the World. The Orthopterists' Society. ISBN 1-929014-03-1. 
  • Otte, Daniel; Brock, Paul (2005). Phasmida Species File: Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the World. Second Edition. Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. ISBN 1-929014-08-2. 

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