Bacillus (insect)

Bacillus
Bacillus rossius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Family:	Bacillidae
Subfamily:	Bacillinae
Tribe:	Bacillini
Genus:	Bacillus Berthold, 1827
Synonyms
Bacillus Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau & Serville, 1827 EpibacillusRedtenbacher, 1906

Bacillus is a stick insect genus, common in Europe and North Africa.

Species

The Phasmida Species File ^[1] lists:

1. Bacillus atticus – Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
2. Bacillus grandii – Nascetti & Bullini, 1982
3. Bacillus lynceorum – Bullini, Nascetti & Bianchi Bullini, 1984
4. Bacillus rossius (Mediterranean Stick Insect) – Rossi, 1788 – type species
5. Bacillus whitei – Nascetti & Bullini, 1981

Note

• Bacillus inermis – (Thunberg, 1815) is nomen dubium
• Bacillus atticus atticus is an endemic species found in Greece and Bacillus rossius is found in Europe.

See also

• List of Phasmatodea of Australia: Bacillus peristhenellus is a synonym of Hyrtacus caurus (Tepper, 1905). ^[2]

References

1. Phasmida Species File
2. Phasmida Species File: Hyrtacus caurus

External links

• Media related to Bacillus (Phasmatodea) at Wikimedia Commons