Anchiale modesta

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Anchiale modesta
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Anchiale modesta specimen from the private collection of Andrew Markey
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Phasmatinae
Tribe: Phasmatini
Genus: Anchiale
Species:
A. modesta
Binomial name
Anchiale modesta
Redtenbacher, 1908

Anchiale modesta [1] is a medium-sized stick insect from Papua New Guinea. [2]

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References

  1. Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:461
  2. Phasmida Species File