Alice Springs Desert Park
ASDP OrthopteraElephantodeta Katydid (Taeniomenae) Tepper’s Plain Stick Insect Variable Stropis Grasshopper
Alice Springs Desert ParkFauna Flora Nature Theatre Nocturnal House
Following is the Tepper’s Plain Stick Insect (Hyrtacus caurus) in the Alice Springs Desert Park, Northern Territory. The male is the smalle of the two stick insects.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Phasmida
- Suborder: Euphasmatodea
- Family: Lonchodidae
- Subfamily: Lonchodinae
- Tribe: Lonchodini
- Genus: Hyrtacus
- Species: Hyrtacus caurus
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to Aidan Beutel and Olivia Nettlefold, members of Australian Orthopteroids, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1999965293682453/
- Hyrtacus caurus (Tepper, 1905), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Hyrtacus caurus (Tepper, 1905)
ASDP OrthopteraElephantodeta Katydid (Taeniomenae) Tepper’s Plain Stick Insect Variable Stropis Grasshopper
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