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Family Heteronemiidae - Common Walkingsticks

Walking stick, unkown species and gender - Parabacillus hesperus Walking stick, unkown species and gender - Parabacillus hesperus Walkingstick - Parabacillus Walkingstick, ventral - Parabacillus hesperus - female Colorado Short-horn WalkingStick - Parabacillus coloradus - Parabacillus Short-horn Walkingstick - Parabacillus - female Parabacillus hesperus? - Parabacillus Parabacillus hesperus? - Parabacillus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Phasmida (Walkingsticks)
Family Heteronemiidae (Common Walkingsticks)
Numbers
2 spp. in a single genus in our area; 11 genera worldwide(1)
Range
New World and Madagascar; greatest diversity in S. America(1)
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