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

Genus Anisomorpha

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
stick bug - Anisomorpha buprestoides I'm thinking this is a female twostriped walkingstick Anisomorpha buprestoides. Am I correct? - Anisomorpha buprestoides - female What Bug are We? - Anisomorpha buprestoides - male - female This was from Starke, Florida - Anisomorpha buprestoides - female Two large stick bugs mating with two small stick bugs with another small stickbug on stand by. Cairo Ga. Near water in dark plac - Anisomorpha - male - female Anisomorpha buprestoides with Chiggers (Trombiculidae) - Anisomorpha buprestoides - female Some variety of Walkingstick, I'd guess - Anisomorpha buprestoides Anisomorpha species - Anisomorpha - male - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Phasmida (Walkingsticks)
Family Pseudophasmatidae (Striped Walkingsticks)
Genus Anisomorpha
Explanation of Names
Anisomorpha Gray 1835
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(1), 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
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Brock P.D. Phasmida species file online. Version 5.0
3.Stick Insects of the Continental United States and Canada
Chad Arment. 2006. Coachwhip Publications.
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 22 August, 2016 - 8:32am

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