Pseudoclitarchus

Pseudoclitarchus sentus
Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948) Male specimen held at Auckland Museum licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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[2]
  • Acanthoxyla senta Salmon, 1948
  • Pseudoclitarchus senta (Salmon, 1948)

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.[3]

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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