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Timema
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Timema

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Timema is a genus of relatively short-bodied, stout and wingless stick insects native to the far western United States, and the sole extant member of the family Timematidae. The genus was first described in 1895 by Samuel Hubbard Scudder, based on observations of the species Timema californicum.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderPhasmida
  5. FamilyTimematidae
Observations recorded1,718

Timema Scudder, 1895 è un genere di insetti stecco relativamente corposi e robusti, originario degli Stati Uniti occidentali. È l'unico genere della famiglia Timematidae. Rispetto ad altri insetti stecco (ordine Phasmatodea) i timematoidei sono considerato basali; cioè rappresentano il primo "ramo" che divergere dall'albero filogenetico di tutti i Phasmatodea. Cinque delle ventuno specie di Timema sono partenogenetiche, comprese due specie che non hanno praticato la riproduzione sessuale per un milione di anni, il periodo asessuato più lungo conosciuto per qualsiasi insetto.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
189
With media
44
Family
Timematidae
Collections
EMEC
Recorded in
United States
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  • Description
  • Cryptic coloration and camouflage
  • Life cycle and reproduction
  • Habitat
  • Phylogeny
  • Classification
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Timema is a genus of relatively short-bodied, stout and wingless stick insects native to the far western United States, and the sole extant member of the family Timematidae. The genus was first described in 1895 by Samuel Hubbard Scudder, based on observations of the species Timema californicum.

The genus Timema is considered to be the sister group to all other stick insects. To emphasize this outgroup status, all stick insects not included in Timema are sometimes described as "Euphasmatodea."

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