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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Walkingsticks (Phasmida) » Striped Walkingsticks (Pseudophasmatidae) » Anisomorpha

Genus Anisomorpha

Classification · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Two-striped Walkingstick, mating - Anisomorpha buprestoides - male - female not sure what this is - Anisomorpha buprestoides Can anyone help identify this bug? - Anisomorpha buprestoides Anisomorpha buprestoides Stick bug - Anisomorpha buprestoides Anisomorpha species? - Anisomorpha ferruginea - male - female walking stick - Anisomorpha buprestoides - female Walking Stick - mating pair - Anisomorpha ferruginea - male - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Phasmida (Walkingsticks)
Family Pseudophasmatidae (Striped Walkingsticks)
Genus Anisomorpha
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(1) (both in the Guide), 4 spp. total(2)
Range
Nearctic, Mesoamerica, Hispaniola, and Venezuela(2); in our area(3)(4):
A. buprestoides se. US, mostly Coastal Plain from SC to e. TX
A. ferruginea DE - IL - ?NE - n. Gulf States (not in FL!)
Remarks
Members of this genus can deliver a chemical spray to the eyes that can cause corneal damage (see references in(4))
Print References
Hebard, M. 1943. The Dermaptera, and Orthopterous families Blattidae, Mantidae, and Phasmidae of Texas. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 68: 239-310.
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
2.Phasmida species file online, by P.D. Brock
3.Stick Insects of the Continental United States and Canada
By Chad Arment
4.Texas Walkingstick Information, by Mike Quinn
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 8 April, 2010 - 11:24pm

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