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Anisomorpha
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderPhasmida
- FamilyPseudophasmatidae
Anisomorpha is een geslacht van Phasmatodea uit de familie Pseudophasmatidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van dit geslacht is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1835 door Gray.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 136
- With media
- 40
- Family
- Pseudophasmatidae
- Collections
- TTU, CLEMSON UNIVERSITY ARTHROPOD COLLECTION, CU, USNM, TAMU, FMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, MéXico
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thumb|Anisomorpha paromalus (male) - reared in captivity in the UK thumb|Walking Stick -- Anisomorpha
Anisomorpha is a genus of walking stick insect capable of secreting a substance from glands on the metathorax that can cause an intense burning irritation of the eyes and mouth of potential predators on contact. In some cases, this causes temporary blindness. Species are found throughout the mainland Central, northern South America, and the southeastern United States. The adult female is larger than the male in length and width. There are currently four accepted species in this genus, and all are wingless.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anisomorpha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.