Anchiale marmorata

Anchiale marmorata[1] is a medium-sized stick insect found in Papua New Guinea. This species is very similar to Anchiale modesta but females are smaller in size and have shorter legs.[2]

Anchiale marmorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Phasmatinae
Tribe: Phasmatini
Genus: Anchiale
Species:
A. marmorata
Binomial name
Anchiale marmorata
(Redtenbacher, 1908)

References

  1. Redtenbacher, Josef (1908). Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). Vol. 3. p. 456.
  2. "Hennemann, F.H., Conle, O.C. & Suzuki, S. (2015): A study of the members of the tribe Phasmatini Gray, 1835, that occur within the boundaries of Wallacea (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae: Phasmatinae: "Lanceocercata"). Zootaxa, 4008(1), 1-74".


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