I guess I didn't do enough digging to get this one in the right place. Is this one not A. buprestoides due to its range? Based on the books I searched through, Oklahoma is in the western range of this species. Has it been split into two separate species since that book was published? Just curious to know more about my native sticks. Thanks!

under Taxonomy, Walkingsticks. From everything we can find buprestoides is a coastal species and ferruginea is the northern one. But we haven't had any confirmation of any of our thoughts yet. Have asked Chad Arment to stop by and comment. It will be interesting to see if he does and what he thinks. ferruginea was our best interpretation for this one, but if you feel that is wrong, please let us know and we'll move it back. Thanks,

I know Chad from a myriapod list he moderates on Yahoo Groups. As for the species, I have no idea. I didn't mean to sound like I was challenging your move of the information. I just never ran across that species when I was researching Anisomorpha two years ago. Like I mentioned in the description, I was surprised and pleased to see stick insects from this genus in my state. I grew up in Tulsa and had never seen them before. Hopefully Chad can shed some light on the species differentiation. In the meantime I'll go read the forum comments.