Acanthoxyla | |
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A prickly green stick insect (Acanthoxyla prasina) seen in Fairfield, Otago in 2012 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Phasmatidae |
Subfamily: | Phasmatinae |
Genus: |
Acanthoxyla Uvarov 1955 |
Acanthoxyla [1] is a genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae (tribe Acanthoxylini). [1] All the individuals of the genus are female and reproduce asexually by parthenogenesis. [2] However, a male Acanthoxyla inermis was recently discovered in the UK, probably the result of chromosome loss. [3] The genus is the result of interspecific hybridisation [4] [5] resulting in some triploid [6] lineages and some diploid [7] lineages. The genus is endemic to New Zealand, [8] but some species have been accidentally introduced elsewhere. The genus name Acanthoxyla translates from Greek as prickly stick (acantho = thorn; xyla = wood).
The Catalogue of Life lists: [1]
Acanthoxyla | |
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A prickly green stick insect (Acanthoxyla prasina) seen in Fairfield, Otago in 2012 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Phasmatidae |
Subfamily: | Phasmatinae |
Genus: |
Acanthoxyla Uvarov 1955 |
Acanthoxyla [1] is a genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae (tribe Acanthoxylini). [1] All the individuals of the genus are female and reproduce asexually by parthenogenesis. [2] However, a male Acanthoxyla inermis was recently discovered in the UK, probably the result of chromosome loss. [3] The genus is the result of interspecific hybridisation [4] [5] resulting in some triploid [6] lineages and some diploid [7] lineages. The genus is endemic to New Zealand, [8] but some species have been accidentally introduced elsewhere. The genus name Acanthoxyla translates from Greek as prickly stick (acantho = thorn; xyla = wood).
The Catalogue of Life lists: [1]