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Aretaon (insect)
''Aretaon'' is a genus of Phasmatodea, stick insects native to Borneo and the Philippines, Philippine island Palawan. Characteristics The species of the genus ''Aretaon'' correspond in the Habit (biology), habitus typical representatives of the Obrimini and are very similar in appearance to those of the genera ''Trachyaretaon'' and ''Sungaya''. Like these, they are wingless in either sex. With a length of approx. , the males remain smaller than the females which reach length from . In egg-laying adult females, the Abdomen (insect anatomy), abdomen in the middle is clearly thickened in height and width and thus almost circular in cross-section. As with the other genera of the Obriminae, an ovipositor at the end of the abdomen surrounds the actual ovipositor. It is ventral formed from the eighth sternite, which is called the subgenital plate or operculum and dorsally from the eleventh tergum, which here is called the supraanal plate or epiproct. Unlike ''Trachyaretaon'' species, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aretaon Asperrimus
''Aretaon asperrimus'' is a species of insect in the ''Aretaon (insect), Aretaon'' genus (biology), genus of the Phasmatodea order (biology), order. The sometimes used common name thorny stick insect is a bit misleading, since the species does not correspond to the typical stick-like habitus (biology), habitus and many other species are thorny as well. Characteristics Both sexes are completely wingless and have conspicuous thorns. Their eyes are mottled dark-brown and yellow. On the head, the prothorax, pro- and the metathorax there is a pair, on the mesothorax two pairs of thorns are particularly well developed. These thorns are dark, red-brown, black-brown towards the tips. The rear pair on the mesothorax and that on the metathorax have even smaller side spines at their base. They stand out particularly clearly due to their contrast to the otherwise brown and beige marbled body of the female, or the male, which is drawn with yellow vertical stripes on a brown background. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
