Biology:Niveaphasma

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Short description: Genus of stick insects

Niveaphasma
Niveaphasma annulata Steve Kerr CC-BY 01.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Pachymorphinae
Tribe: Pachymorphini
Genus: Niveaphasma
Jewell & Brock, 2003
Species:
N. annulata
Binomial name
Niveaphasma annulata
(Hutton, 1898)

Niveaphasma annulata is a species of stick insect found in New Zealand.[1]

It is the sole member of the genus Niveaphasma which is unique among stick insects because it can be found living in alpine areas.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Niveaphasma annulata is restricted to the southern half of the South Island. It is absent from the North Island and has not been observed north of Arthur's Pass.[2]

References

  1. O'Neill, Shay B.; Buckley, Thomas R.; Jewell, Tony R.; Ritchie, Peter A. (November 2009). "Phylogeographic history of the New Zealand stick insect Niveaphasma annulata (Phasmatodea) estimated from mitochondrial and nuclear loci". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53 (2): 523–536. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.07.007. ISSN 1095-9513. PMID 19596452. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Niveaphasma". http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/science/plants-animals-fungi/animals/invertebrates/systematics/phasmatodea/classification/niveaphasma. 

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