Niveaphasma

Niveaphasma
Scientific classification
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. "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.