Biology:Pseudoclitarchus

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Short description: Genus of stick insects

Pseudoclitarchus
Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948) Male specimen.jpg
Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948), male specimen held at Auckland Museum, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948) Female specimen AMNZ55078.jpg
Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948), female specimen held at Auckland Museum, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Phasmatinae
Tribe: Acanthoxylini
Genus: Pseudoclitarchus
Salmon, 1991[1]
Species:
P. sentus
Binomial name
Pseudoclitarchus sentus
(Salmon, 1948)
Synonyms[2]
  • Acanthoxyla senta Salmon, 1948
  • (Salmon, 1948) Pseudoclitarchus senta

Pseudoclitarchus sentus is the sole representative of the genus Pseudoclitarchus, and is a stick insect endemic to the Three Kings Islands. It lives mainly on kanuka trees.[3]

Illustration of Pseudoclitarchus senta egg by Des Helmore

References

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