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Phasmatidae

17 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Phasmida › Phasmatidae

Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899)

Spinotectarchus acornutus is a small endemic New Zealand stick insect found in northern North Island and offshore islands.

Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)

Tectarchus huttoni is a common New Zealand stick insect found in North Island forests, feeding on native plant leaves.

Micrarchus hystriculeus (Westwood, 1859)

Micrarchus hystriculeus is a brown wingless stick insect widespread in New Zealand, a plant-feeding species with freeze avoidance cold tolerance.

Didymuria violescens (Leach, 1814)

Didymuria violescens is a common Australian stick insect that can reproduce via parthenogenesis and feeds on Eucalyptus leaves.

Tropidoderus childrenii (Gray, 1833)

Tropidoderus childrenii (Children's stick insect) is a large leaf-mimicking stick insect native to eastern Australia.

Podacanthus typhon Gray, 1833

Podacanthus typhon is a small Australian endemic stick insect identified by its small spines and reddish pink legs.

Acanthoxyla inermis Salmon, 1955

Acanthoxyla inermis, the unarmed stick insect, is an obligately parthenogenic stick insect native to New Zealand, now established in Great Britain.

Acanthoxyla prasina (Westwood, 1859)

Acanthoxyla prasina is a parthenogenetic stick insect endemic to New Zealand, introduced to the UK.

Clitarchus hookeri (White, 1846)

Clitarchus hookeri is a flightless sexually dimorphic stick insect native to New Zealand, also introduced to Britain, with geographic parthenogenesis.

Argosarchus horridus (White, 1846)

Argosarchus horridus is the longest endemic insect of New Zealand, a facultatively parthenogenetic ecological generalist stick insect.

Acrophylla titan (Macleay, 1826)

Acrophylla titan, the titan stick insect, is a large Australian stick insect with distinct traits separating males and flightless females.

Acrophylla wuelfingi (Redtenbacher, 1908)

Acrophylla wuelfingi is a large Australian stick insect with distinct size differences between flightless females and short-flying males.

Anchiale austrotessulata Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007

Anchiale austrotessulata (tessellated stick insect) is a sexually dimorphic phasmid species with distinct wing and size differences between sexes.

Onchestus rentzi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2006

Onchestus rentzi, the crowned stick insect, is a dark purple-winged stick insect with a distinct crown-like head protuberance.

Ctenomorpha marginipennis Gray, 1833

Ctenomorpha marginipennis is a twig-mimicking phasmid species found in coastal eastern Australian heaths and woodlands that feeds on tree leaves including eucalyptus.

Extatosoma tiaratum (Macleay, 1826)

Extatosoma tiaratum is a dimorphic Australian stick insect common in captivity, capable of both sexual and parthenogenetic reproduction.

Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896

Megacrania batesii is a vulnerable flightless stick insect that feeds on pandanus, found across parts of Oceania and northern Australia.

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