Niveaphasma

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Niveaphasma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Pachymorphinae
Tribe: Pachymorphini
Genus: Niveaphasma
Jewell & Brock, 2003
Species:
N. annulata
Binomial name
Niveaphasma annulata
(Hutton, 1898)

Niveaphasma annulata is a species of stick insect found in New Zealand. [1]

It is the sole member of the genus Niveaphasma which is unique among stick insects because it can be found living in alpine areas. [2] Niveaphasma annulata is sister to the New Zealand stick insect Asteliaphasma jucunda. [3]

Distribution and habitat

Niveaphasma annulata is restricted to the southern half of South Island. It is absent from the North Island and has not been observed north of Arthur's Pass. [2]

References

  1. O'Neill, Shay B.; Buckley, Thomas R.; Jewell, Tony R.; Ritchie, Peter A. (November 2009). "Phylogeographic history of the New Zealand stick insect Niveaphasma annulata (Phasmatodea) estimated from mitochondrial and nuclear loci". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53 (2): 523–536. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.07.007. ISSN   1095-9513. PMID   19596452.
  2. 1 2 "Niveaphasma". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  3. Forni, Giobbe; Plazzi, Federico; Cussigh, Alex; Conle, Oskar; Hennemann, Frank; Luchetti, Andrea; Mantovani, Barbara (2021). "Phylomitogenomics provides new perspectives on the Euphasmatodea radiation (Insecta: Phasmatodea)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 155 106983. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106983. hdl: 11585/817784 . ISSN   1055-7903.