Species Timema poppense

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References

Timema - Timema poppense - male - female

Male nymph from northern Santa Cruz Mnts - Timema poppense - male

Male mymph from northern Santa Cruz Mnts - Timema poppense - male

Female nymph of Timema poppense - Timema poppense - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Phasmida (Walkingsticks)

Family Timematidae

Genus Timema

Species poppense (Timema poppense)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Timema poppensis Vickery & Sandoval, 1999 [Note: This original epithet was incorrectly formulated per ICZN rules and should not be used going forward, see this forum for details]

Timema poppense [This is the emended spelling, with the epithet in neuter form agreeing with the neuter genus name. This is the form (spelling) that should be used per ICZN rules.]

Explanation of Names

The epithet refers to the area of the type locality near Pope Valley in Napa County, CA. (Why a "double p" was used in the spelling of the epithet is unclear...perhaps an error?)

Identification

Both males and females are a luminous green with three narrow, darker-green (longitudinal) stripes along the dorsum of the abdomen (one medial, and another on each side).

Confident ID should be strongly supported by a good match with nuances in the shape of the terminalia (especially the male's) to that shown for T. poppense in the reference figure below (4th entry on left):

Range

The distribution for T. poppense shown on the map here should be considered a subset of the actual range, since the interactive map here indicates further records of T. poppense in the Coast Ranges in Marin Co. and as far north as Humboldt Co.

Food

Recorded host plants: douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)

Remarks

Original description in Vickery & Sandoval (1999).

Print References

Vickery V. R. & C. P. Sandoval (1999). Two new species of Timema, One Parthenogenetic in California. J. Orthoptera Res. 8 (1) 45:47 (JSTOR)

Internet References

NEWS ITEM! (3/29/18): The Timema Discovery Project is an new initiative aiming to harness as many people as possible to collect much needed data for advancing our understanding of Timema...please visit the web site, spread the word, and participate!

Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 1 July, 2013 - 2:20am
Last updated 10 June, 2020 - 12:28pm

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