Pseudoclitarchus sentus is the sole representative of the genus Pseudoclitarchus, and is a stick insect endemic to the Three Kings Islands. It lives mainly on kanuka trees.[3]
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Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948), male specimen held at Auckland Museum, licensed under CC BY 4.0 | |
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Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948), female specimen held at Auckland Museum, licensed under CC BY 4.0 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Phasmatidae |
Subfamily: | Phasmatinae |
Tribe: | Acanthoxylini |
Genus: | Pseudoclitarchus Salmon, 1991[1] |
Species: | P. sentus
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Binomial name | |
Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948)
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References
edit- ^ Salmon, J. T. (1991). The stick insects of New Zealand. Birkenhead, Auckland: Reed. pp. 1–124. ISBN 0790002116.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life : Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948)". www.catalogueoflife.org. Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "Pseudoclitarchus Salmon". Landcare Research. Landcare Research. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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