Pseudoclitarchus
| Pseudoclitarchus sentus | |
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| Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948) Male specimen held at Auckland Museum licensed under CC BY 4.0. | |
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| Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948) Female specimen held at Auckland Museum licensed under CC BY 4.0. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Suborder: | Verophasmatodea |
| Superfamily: | Anareolatae |
| Family: | Phasmatidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoclitarchus Salmon, 1991[1] |
| Species: | P. sentus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoclitarchus sentus Salmon 1948 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pseudoclitarchus sentus is the sole representative of the genus Pseudoclitarchus, and is a stick insect endemic to the Three Kings Islands. It is lives mainly on kānuka trees.[2]
References
- ↑ Salmon, J. T. (1991). The stick insects of New Zealand. Birkenhead, Auckland: Reed. pp. 1–124. ISBN 0790002116.
- ↑ "Pseudoclitarchus Salmon". Landcare Research. Landcare Research. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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