Anisomorpha ferruginea

Anisomorpha ferruginea
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Pseudophasmatidae
Genus: Anisomorpha
Species: A. ferruginea
Binomial name
Anisomorpha ferruginea
(Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)

Anisomorpha ferruginea is a species in the family Pseudophasmatidae ("striped walkingsticks"), in the order Phasmida ("walkingsticks").[1][2] Common names include "northern two-striped walkingstick", "dark walkingstick", and "prairie alligator".[3] Anisomorpha ferruginea is found in North America.[2]

Anisomorpha ferruginea
Anisomorpha ferruginea

References

  1. bugguide.net Anisomorpha ferruginea species information.
  2. 1 2 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  3. Encyclopedia of Life Anisomorpha ferruginea species overview.

Further reading

  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Otte, Daniel, and Paul Brock (2003). Phasmida Species File: A Catalog of the Stick and Leaf Insects of the World, 505.


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