Trachythorax
| Trachythorax | |
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| Trachythorax maculicollis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Lonchodidae |
| Subfamily: | Necrosciinae |
| Tribe: | Necrosciini |
| Genus: | Trachythorax Redtenbacher, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Phasma maculicollis Westwood, 1848
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Trachythorax[1] is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Lonchodidae and subfamily Necrosciinae. Species have been recorded from the Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia through to New Guinea.[2]
The genus has males much smaller than females. Both sexes are winged and active fliers. The mesonotum is often strongly raised. A brightly coloured membranous ring shows between the pronotum and the head and most species lay eggs in clusters with the eggs having a flower-like collar radiating around them. This architecture might be an adaptation against parasitoid wasps.[3]
Species
[edit]Species in the genus include:[2][1][3]
- Trachythorax albomaculatus Bresseel & Constant, 2021
- Trachythorax auranticollis Bresseel & Constant, 2021
- Trachythorax chinensis (Redtenbacher, 1908)
- Trachythorax expallescens Redtenbacher, 1908
- Trachythorax fuscocarinatus Chen & He, 1995
- Trachythorax gohi Brock, 1999
- Trachythorax illaesa (Redtenbacher, 1908)
- Trachythorax incertus Redtenbacher, 1908
- Trachythorax longialatus Cai, 1989
- Trachythorax maculicollis (Westwood, 1848) (syn. Trachythorax atrosignata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893))
- Trachythorax planiceps Redtenbacher, 1908
- Trachythorax sexpunctatus (Shiraki, 1911)
- Trachythorax sparaxes (Westwood, 1859)
- Trachythorax unicolor Redtenbacher, 1908
- Trachythorax yunnanensis Gao & Liang, 2021
References
[edit]- ^ a b Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ a b Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 16 February 2021)
- ^ a b Bresseel, J.; Constant, J. (2021). "Review of the Oriental stick insect genus Trachythorax Redtenbacher, 1908 with two new species from Vietnam and comments on egg parasitism and morphological counteradaptations (Phasmida, Lonchodidae, Necrosciinae)" (PDF). Belgian Journal of Entomology. 120: 1–56.
External links
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