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Tirachoidea westwoodii

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Tirachoidea westwoodii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Clitumninae
Tribe: Pharnaciini
Genus: Tirachoidea
Species:
T. westwoodii
Binomial name
Tirachoidea westwoodii
(Wood-Mason, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Pharnacia westwoodi (Wood-Mason, 1875)
  • Phibalosoma westwoodii Wood-Mason, 1875

Tirachoidea westwoodii[1][2][3][4] is a species of stick insect in the order Phasmatodea.[1] It is endemic to India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.[5] The eggs of the stick insect are spheric, ca. 5 mm in length and have a three-lobed micropylar plate.[6] The chorion of the eggs are hard to cut and consist of the three layers mineralized with calcium carbonate and calcium oxalate.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Wood-Mason, James (1875). "XXII. On new or little-known species of Phasmidae, with a brief preliminary Notice of the Occurrence of a Clasping Appratus in the Males throughout the Family". J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal. 44 (2): 216.
  2. ^ Kirby, W.F. (1904). A synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Brock, Paul D. (1996). "Changes in the taxonomy of giant stick-insects" (PDF). Phasmid Studies. 5 (1 & 2): 25-31.
  4. ^ Redtenbacher, Joseph (1908). Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. Vol. 3. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini) (in German). Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.
  5. ^ Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0); retrieved 23 April 2022)
  6. ^ a b Greven, Hartmut; Mielewczik, Michael; Hammer, Hildegard (2005). "-Ray Microanalysis of the Egg Chorion of the Stick Insect Pharnacia westwoodi Phasmatodea)" (PDF). Entomologie heute. 17: 39–45.