Biology:Tirachoidea westwoodii
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Short description: Species of stick insect
| Tirachoidea westwoodii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Phasmatidae |
| Subfamily: | Clitumninae |
| Tribe: | Pharnaciini |
| Genus: | Tirachoidea |
| Species: | T. westwoodii
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| Binomial name | |
| Tirachoidea westwoodii (Wood-Mason, 1875)
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Tirachoidea westwoodii[1][2][3][4] is a species of stick insect in the order Phasmatodea.[1] It is endemic to India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.[5] The eggs of the stick insect are spheric, ca. 5 mm in length and have a three-lobed micropylar plate.[6] The chorion of the eggs are hard to cut and consist of the three layers mineralized with calcium carbonate and calcium oxalate.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wood-Mason, James (1875). "XXII. On new or little-known species of Phasmidae, with a brief preliminary Notice of the Occurrence of a Clasping Appratus in the Males throughout the Family.". J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 44 (2): 216.
- ↑ Kirby, W.F. (1904). A synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera.. London..
- ↑ Brock, Paul D. (1996). "Changes in the taxonomy of giant stick-insects.". Phasmid Studies 5 (1 & 2): 25-31.. https://phasmidstudygroup.org/files/Phasmid_Studies/Phasmid_Studies_Vol05_Iss1and2.pdf#page=27.
- ↑ Redtenbacher, Joseph (1908) (in German). Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. Vol. 3. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.
- ↑ Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0); retrieved 23 April 2022)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Greven, Hartmut; Mielewczik, Michael; Hammer, Hildegard (2005). "-Ray Microanalysis of the Egg Chorion of the Stick Insect Pharnacia westwoodi Phasmatodea)". Entomologie heute 17: 39-45. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hartmut-Greven/publication/256432578_Rontgenmikroanalytische_Untersuchung_des_Chorions_der_Gespenstschrecke_Pharnacia_westwoodi_Phasmatodea_X-Ray_Microanalysis_of_the_Egg_Chorion_of_the_Stick_Insect_Pharnacia_westwoodi_Phasmatodea/links/0c960521e6d5ca5da7000000/Roentgenmikroanalytische-Untersuchung-des-Chorions-der-Gespenstschrecke-Pharnacia-westwoodi-Phasmatodea-X-Ray-Microanalysis-of-the-Egg-Chorion-of-the-Stick-Insect-Pharnacia-westwoodi-Phasmatodea.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q10698629 entry
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