Anchiale austrotessulata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Phasmida
- Family
- Phasmatidae
- Genus
- Anchiale
- Species
- Anchiale austrotessulata
- Scientific Name
- Anchiale austrotessulata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Anchiale austrotessulata
Anchiale austrotessulata (synonyms include Ctenomorphodes tessulatus), the tessellated stick insect, tessellated phasmid or tessulata stick insect, is a medium-sized, stick insect found in the Brisbane area of Australia. Fully grown males in mating season exhibit frenetic behaviour. This species is also parthenogenetic.
The species was first described in 1835 by George Robert Gray as Ctenomorphodes tessulata (later corrected to tessulatus).
...Anchiale austrotessulata in languages:
- English
- tessellated stick insect
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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