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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Walkingsticks (Phasmida) » Diapheromeridae » Diapheromera

Genus Diapheromera

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Greasewood Walking Stick - Diapheromera covilleae - male Walkingstick - Diapheromera femorata Phasmatodea Megaphasma denticrus? - Diapheromera femorata - male Stick Bug - Diapheromera femorata - male Diapheromera covilleae - male Walkingstick - Diapheromera femorata - female Walkingstick NM - Diapheromera - male Phasmida - Diapheromera femorata - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Phasmida (Walkingsticks)
Family Diapheromeridae
Genus Diapheromera
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Diapheromera G. R. Gray, 1835
Explanation of Names
Greek "unequal" + "thigh" (Blatchley in Arment, p. 91 (1))
Numbers
with 10 spp. in the US, this is our largest phasmid genus(2); 14 spp. in 2 subgenera total(3)
Size
68-101 mm (D. femorata) (4)
Range
Nearctic; most diverse in TX and Mexico (3)
Print References
Arment, p. 19 (see also "Early Studies" therein) (1)
Helfer, pp. 23-24 (4)
Works Cited
1.Stick Insects of the Continental United States and Canada
Chad Arment. 2006. Coachwhip Publications.
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
3.Brock P.D. Phasmida species file online. Version 5.0
4.How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies
Jacques R. Helfer. 1962. Wm. C. Brown Company.
Contributed by Christopher C Wirth on 13 October, 2005 - 8:12pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, David Ferguson, v belov
Last updated 31 December, 2011 - 3:56pm

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