Tectarchus ovobessus

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Tectarchus ovobessus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Genus: Tectarchus
Salmon, 1954
Species:
T. ovobessus
Binomial name
Tectarchus ovobessus
Salmon, 1954

Tectarchus ovobessus, the ridgebacked stick insect, is a species of Diapheromeridae. [1] [2] It was described as the type species of a new genus in 1954. [3]

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Description

A stick insect with a raised keel along the back.

Range

New Zealand.

Ecology

The whole genus Tectarchus is parasitized by nematodes. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ridgebacked Stick Insect (Tectarchus ovobessus)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Tectarchus ovobessus Salmon, 1954". Biota of NZ. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  3. ↑ Salmon, J.T. (June 1954). "A new genus and species of Phasmidae from New Zealand". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 82 (1): 161–168, pls. 7-9.
  4. ↑ Yeates, Gregor W.; Buckley, Thomas R. (2010-02-19). "First records of mermithid nematodes (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasitising stick insects (Insecta: Phasmatodea)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 36 (1): 35–39. doi:10.1080/03014220909510137. ISSN   0301-4223.


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