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Extatosoma tiaratum. ( Macleay, 1826) Extatosoma tiaratum, commonly known as the spiny leaf insect, the giant prickly stick insect, [2] Macleay's spectre, [3] or the Australian walking stick, is a large species of Australian stick insect. [4] [5] The species has the Phasmid Study Group number PSG9. [6]
The Phasmatidae are a family of the stick insects ( order Phasmatodea ). They belong to the superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea. [1] Like many of their relatives, the Phasmatidae are capable of regenerating limbs and commonly reproduce by parthenogenesis. Despite their bizarre, even threatening appearance, they are harmless to ...
Timema is a genus of relatively short-bodied, stout and wingless stick insects native to the far western United States, and the sole extant member of the family Timematidae. The genus was first described in 1895 by Samuel Hubbard Scudder, based on observations of the species Timema californicum. [2] [3] [4]
Heteropteryx is a monotypic genus of stick insects containing Heteropteryx dilatata as the only described species. [1] [2] and gives its name to the family of the Heteropterygidae. Their only species may be known as jungle nymph, Malaysian stick insect, Malaysian wood nymph, Malayan jungle nymph, or Malayan wood nymph and because of their size ...
Dryococelus australis, commonly known as the Lord Howe Island stick insect or tree lobster, [2] is a species of stick insect that lives on the Lord Howe Island Group. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Dryococelus. Thought to be extinct by 1920, it was rediscovered in 2001. [3] It is extirpated in its largest former habitat, Lord Howe ...
Stick insects in New Zealand are found in a range of different environments, from cold high alpine areas to dry coastal bush. There are currently 23 different species described, from 10 genera ( Landcare Research ). The most common species of the stick insect in New Zealand is the smooth stick insect ( Clitarchus hookeri) ( Salmon 1991 ).
Hermarchus (phasmid) Hermarchus. (phasmid) Hermarchus [1] is a genus of very large stick insects within the order Phasmatodea and the tribe of Stephanacridini. Known species occur in New Guinea, Fiji, Australia, Philippines and New Caledonia .
