''Bacillus'' is a
stick insect
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 ...
genus, common in
Europe
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and North Africa.
Species
The ''Phasmida Species File'' lists:
* ''
Bacillus atticus'' -
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
* ''
Bacillus grandii'' -
Nascetti & Bullini, 1982
* ''
Bacillus inermis'' -
(Thunberg, 1815)
* ''
Bacillus lynceorum'' -
Bullini, Nascetti & Bianchi Bullini, 1984
* ''
Bacillus rossius
The European stick insect (''Bacillus rossius'') also called the European stick bug or the European walking stick and the Mediterranean stick insect is a species of stick insect, common in Europe. The species is endemic to the northwestern Medi ...
'' -
Rossi, 1788 - type species
* ''
Bacillus whitei'' -
Nascetti & Bullini, 1981
''
Bacillus atticus atticus'' is an endemic species found in
Greece
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and ''
Bacillus rossius
The European stick insect (''Bacillus rossius'') also called the European stick bug or the European walking stick and the Mediterranean stick insect is a species of stick insect, common in Europe. The species is endemic to the northwestern Medi ...
'' is found in Europe.
See also
*
List of Phasmatodea of Australia: ''Bacillus peristhenellus'' is a synonym of ''
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caurus'' (Tepper, 1905).
Phasmida Species File: ''Hyrtacus caurus''
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References
External links
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Phasmatodea genera
Taxa named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville
Taxa named by Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier