Biology:Tectarchus ovobessus
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Short description: Species of stick insect
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Scientific classification 
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| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/TectarchusT. ovobessus
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| Template:Taxonomy/TectarchusTectarchus ovobessus Salmon, 1954
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Tectarchus ovobessus, the ridgebacked stick insect, is a species of Diapheromeridae.[1][2] It was described as the type species of a new genus in 1954.[3]
Description
A stick insect with a raised keel along the back.
Range
New Zealand.
Ecology
The whole genus Tectarchus is parasitized by nematodes.[4]
References
- ↑ "Ridgebacked Stick Insect (Tectarchus ovobessus)" (in en-US). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/397900-Tectarchus-ovobessus.
- ↑ "Tectarchus ovobessus Salmon, 1954". https://biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz/scientific-names/68748c09-d9a2-4db3-8db6-b97c021697c1.
- ↑ Salmon, J.T. (June 1954). "A new genus and species of Phasmidae from New Zealand". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 82 (1): 161-168, pls. 7-9. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1954-82.2.4.14.
- ↑ Yeates, Gregor W.; Buckley, Thomas R. (2010-02-19). "First records of mermithid nematodes (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasitising stick insects (Insecta: Phasmatodea)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 36 (1): 35–39. doi:10.1080/03014220909510137. ISSN 0301-4223.
Wikidata ☰ Q10691748 entry
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