Timema shepardi
Timema shepardi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Timematidae |
Genus: | Timema |
Species: | T. shepardi |
Binomial name | |
Timema shepardi Vickery & Sandoval, 1999 | |
Synonyms | |
Timema shepardii Vickery & Sandoval, 2001 (misspelling) |
Timema shepardi, Shepard's Timema, is a stick insect native to northern California. It was first identified in 1999.[1] It is one of five parthenogenetic species of Timema.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Vickery, Vernon R.; Sandoval, Cristina P. (1999). "Two new Species of Timema (Phasmatoptera: Timematodea: Timematidae), one parthenogenetic, in California". Journal of Orthoptera Research (8): 45–47. doi:10.2307/3503424. JSTOR 3503424.
- ^ Schwander, Tanja; Lee Henry; Bernard J Crespi (2011). "Molecular evidence for ancient asexuality in timema stick insects". Current Biology. 21 (13): 1129–34. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.026. hdl:11370/8c189a5e-f36b-4199-934c-53347c0e2131. PMID 21683598. S2CID 2053974.