Pseudoclitarchus

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Pseudoclitarchus
File:Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948) Male specimen.jpg
Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948), male specimen held at Auckland Museum, licensed under CC BY 4.0
File:Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948) Female specimen AMNZ55078.jpg
Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948), female specimen held at Auckland Museum, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Phasmatinae
Tribe: Acanthoxylini
Genus: Pseudoclitarchus
Salmon, 1991[1]
Species:
P. sentus
Binomial name
Pseudoclitarchus sentus
(Salmon, 1948)
Synonyms[2]
  • Acanthoxyla senta Salmon, 1948
  • (Salmon, 1948) Pseudoclitarchus senta

Pseudoclitarchus sentus is the sole representative of the genus Pseudoclitarchus, and is a stick insect endemic to the Three Kings Islands. It lives mainly on kanuka trees.[3]

File:PHAS Phasmidae Pseudoclitarchus senta egg1.png
Illustration of Pseudoclitarchus senta egg by Des Helmore

References

  1. Salmon, J. T. (1991). The stick insects of New Zealand. Birkenhead, Auckland: Reed. pp. 1–124. ISBN 0790002116.
  2. "Catalogue of Life : Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948)". www.catalogueoflife.org. Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. "Pseudoclitarchus Salmon". Landcare Research. Landcare Research. Retrieved 22 December 2015.

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