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Acanthoxylini
AcanthoxyliniLeach (1815) In Brewster, D. ''The Edinburgh Encyclopedia'' 9(1): 119. is a tribe of Phasmatodeas (stick insects and relatives). They belong to the "typical" stick insects of the superfamily Anareolatae, though they are rather notable among these. For example, the New Zealand giant stick insect (the only species of ''Argosarchus'') is huge, and all ''Acanthoxyla'' are females reproducing by parthenogenesis. Genera The following genera are currently recognized: # ''Acanthoxyla'' Uvarov, 1944 # '' Argosarchus'' Hutton # ''Clitarchus'' Stål, 1875 # '' Pseudoclitarchus'' Salmon, 1991 # '' Tepakiphasma'' Buckley and Bradler, 2010 See also * List of stick insects of New Zealand 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 . The most common species of the stick insect in Ne ... References External links The Phasmid Stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Stick Insects Of New Zealand
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 . The most common species of the stick insect in New Zealand is the smooth stick insect ('' Clitarchus hookeri'') . Following , the New Zealand stick insects are placed into the subfamilies Phasmatinae (tribe: Acanthoxylini) and Pachymorphinae (tribe: Pachymorphinini). Classification and identification is based on . This is a list of currently described stick insects in New Zealand: Family Phasmatinae Acanthoxyla *'' Acanthoxyla fasciata'' *'' Acanthoxyla geisoveii'' *'' Acanthoxyla huttoni'' *'' Acanthoxyla intermedia'' *'' Acanthoxyla inermis'' *'' Acanthoxyla prasina'' *'' Acanthoxyla speciosa'' *'' Acanthoxyla suteri'' Argosarchus *'' Argosarchus horridus'' Clitarchus *'' Clitarchus hookeri'' *'' Clitarchus rakauwhakanekeneke'' *'' Clitarchus tepaki'' P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acanthoxyla
''Acanthoxyla'' is a genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae (tribe Acanthoxylini). All the individuals of the genus are female and reproduce asexually by parthenogenesis. However, a male '' Acanthoxyla inermis'' was recently discovered in the UK, probably the result of chromosome loss. The genus is the result of interspecific hybridisation resulting in some triploid lineages and some diploid lineages. The genus is endemic to New Zealand, but some species have been accidentally introduced elsewhere. The genus name ''Acanthoxyla'' translates from Greek as prickly stick (acantho = thorn; xyla = wood). Species The Catalogue of Life lists: * '' Acanthoxyla fasciata'' ( Hutton, 1899) * '' Acanthoxyla geisovii'' (Kaup, 1866) * '' Acanthoxyla huttoni'' Salmon, 1955 * '' Acanthoxyla inermis'' Salmon, 1955 * '' Acanthoxyla intermedia'' Salmon, 1955 * ''Acanthoxyla prasina'' (Westwood, 1859) * '' Acanthoxyla speciosa'' Salmon, 1955 * '' Acanthoxyla suteri'' ( Hutton, 1899) See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family and subfamily. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes. By convention, all taxonomic ranks from genus upwards are capitalized, including both tribe and subtribe. In zoology, the standard ending for the name of a zoological tribe is "-ini". Examples include the tribes Caprini (goat-antelopes), Hominini (hominins), Bombini (bumblebees), and Thunnini (tunas). The tribe Hominini is divided into subtribes by some scientists; subtribe Hominina then comprises "humans". The standard ending for the name of a zoological subtribe is "-ina". In botany, the standard ending for the name of a botanical tribe is "-eae". Examples include the tribes Acalypheae and Hyacintheae. The tribe Hyacintheae is divided into subtribes, including the subtribe Massoniinae. The standard ending for the name of a botanical subtribe is "-inae". In bacteriology, the form of tribe names is as in botany, e.g., Pseudomonadeae, based on the ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phasmatodea
The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida, Phasmatoptera or Spectra) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick-bugs, walking sticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred to as Devil's darning needles, although this name is shared by both dragonflies and crane flies. They can be generally referred to as phasmatodeans, phasmids, or ghost insects, with phasmids in the family Phylliidae called leaf insects, leaf-bugs, walking leaves, or bug leaves. The group's name is derived from the Ancient Greek ', meaning an apparition or phantom, referring to their resemblance to vegetation while in fact being animals. Their natural camouflage makes them difficult for predators to detect; still, many species have one of several secondary lines of defense in the form of startle displays, spines or toxic secretions. Stick insects from the genera ''Phryganistria'', ''Ctenomorpha'', and ''Phobaeticus'' include the world's longe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxonomic Rank
In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy. A common system consists of species, genus, family (biology), family, order (biology), order, class (biology), class, phylum (biology), phylum, kingdom (biology), kingdom, domain (biology), domain. While older approaches to taxonomic classification were phenomenological, forming groups on the basis of similarities in appearance, organic structure and behaviour, methods based on genetic analysis have opened the road to cladistics. A given rank subsumes under it less general categories, that is, more specific descriptions of life forms. Above it, each rank is classified within more general categories of organisms and groups of organisms related to each other through inheritance of phenotypic trait, traits or features from common ancestors. The rank of any ''species'' and the description of its ''genus'' is ''basic''; which means that to iden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anareolatae
The Euphasmatodea, also known by its junior synonym Verophasmatodea is a suborder of the Phasmatodea, which contains the vast majority of the extant species of stick and leaf insects, excluding the Timematodea. The oldest record of Euphasmatodea is '' Araripephasma'' from the Crato Formation of Brazil, dating to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous. Superfamilies and families The suborder was divided into two infraorders: the Areolatae and Anareolatae, based on the presence or absence of an "areola": the of a small ring of colour or gap in wing margin - see the Glossary of entomology terms. This division has now been superseded with the "suborder Agathemerodea ... downgraded and Areolatae/Anareolatae divisions removed, leaving the existing four superfamilies in Euphasmatodea". Aschiphasmatoidea Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 * † ArchipseudophasmatidaeZompro, O. 2001. The Phasmatodea and Raptophasma n. gen., Orthoptera ''incertae sedis'', in Baltic amber (Insecta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argosarchus Horridus
''Argosarchus'' is a monotypic genus in the family Phasmatidae containing the single species ''Argosarchus horridus'', or the New Zealand bristly stick insect, a stick insect endemic to New Zealand (''Argosarchus spiniger'' is now considered a junior synonym of ''A. horridus''). The name "''horridus''" means bristly in Latin, likely referring to its spiny thorax. Description Females can reach up to (but are usually 12–15 cm), making this endemic species the longest New Zealand insect. A distinguishing feature is the coxa of the two forelegs is purple or pink. Females are much larger than males and have a visibly spiny thorax. Males are much skinnier and shorter, usually up to . The colour of ''A. horridus'' ranges from pale white to dark brown, with females usually being grey and males being a dark greenish-brown or dark brown. Life cycle and mating behaviour Like many other New Zealand stick insects, ''A. horridus'' is facultatively parthenogenetic. Because of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parthenogenesis
Parthenogenesis (; from the Greek grc, παρθένος, translit=parthénos, lit=virgin, label=none + grc, γένεσις, translit=génesis, lit=creation, label=none) is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which growth and development of embryos occur in a gamete (egg or sperm) without combining with another gamete (e.g., egg and sperm fusing). In animals, parthenogenesis means development of an embryo from an unfertilized Gametophyte, egg cell. In plants, parthenogenesis is a component process of apomixis. In algae, parthenogenesis can mean the development of an embryo from either an individual sperm or an individual egg. Parthenogenesis occurs naturally in some plants, algae, invertebrate animal species (including nematodes, some tardigrades, water fleas, some scorpions, aphids, some mites, some bees, some Phasmatodea and parasitic wasps) and a few vertebrates (such as some fish, amphibians, reptiles and birds). This type of reproduction has been induced artificially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus '' Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. phylogenetic analysis should clearly demons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argosarchus
''Argosarchus'' is a monotypic genus in the family Phasmatidae containing the single species ''Argosarchus horridus'', or the New Zealand bristly stick insect, a stick insect endemic to New Zealand (''Argosarchus spiniger'' is now considered a junior synonym of ''A. horridus''). The name "''horridus''" means bristly in Latin, likely referring to its spiny thorax. Description Females can reach up to (but are usually 12–15 cm), making this endemic species the longest New Zealand insect. A distinguishing feature is the coxa of the two forelegs is purple or pink. Females are much larger than males and have a visibly spiny thorax. Males are much skinnier and shorter, usually up to . The colour of ''A. horridus'' ranges from pale white to dark brown, with females usually being grey and males being a dark greenish-brown or dark brown. Life cycle and mating behaviour Like many other New Zealand stick insects, ''A. horridus'' is facultatively parthenogenetic. Because of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clitarchus (phasmid)
''Clitarchus'' is a genus of stick insects in the Phasmatidae family and Phasmatinae sub-family. This genus is the most common stick insect in New Zealand. It is found widely throughout the North Island and part of the South Island on kanuka and manuka, as well as various common garden plants. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: *''Clitarchus hookeri ''Clitarchus hookeri'', is a stick insect of the family (biology), family Phasmatidae, endemism, endemic to New Zealand. It is possibly New Zealand's most common stick insect. ''Clitarchus hookeri'' is often green in appearance, but can also be b ...'' White, 1846 *'' Clitarchus tepaki'' Buckley, Myers and Bradler, 2014 *'' Clitarchus rakauwhakanekeneke'' Buckley, Myers and Bradler, 2014 References External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q5134430 Phasmatodea genera Phasmatidae of New Zealand Taxa named by Carl Stål Phasmatidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudoclitarchus
''Pseudoclitarchus sentus'' is the sole representative of the genus ''Pseudoclitarchus'', and is a stick insect endemic to the Three Kings Islands 3 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 3, three, or III may also refer to: * AD 3, the third year of the AD era * 3 BC, the third year before the AD era * March, the third month Books * ''Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 n .... It lives mainly on kanuka trees. References Phasmatidae of New Zealand Three Kings Islands Endemic fauna of New Zealand Phasmatidae Phasmatodea genera Monotypic insect genera Endemic insects of New Zealand {{phasmatodea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
