Finke Gorge National Park
FaunaBlack Headed Goanna Clam Shrimp Denham Stick-insect Nasutitermes triodiae Pied Butcherbird Sand Goanna Scarlet Percher Shield Shrimp Spinifex Pigeon Western Bowerbird Yellow-faced Whip Snake
The following Denham Stick-insect (genus Denhama), part of the family Phasmatidae was photographed in Palm Valley, Finke Gorge National Park. This genus are known to live in and eat grass.
At the time of writing, there are listed 176 genera in Phasmatidae, a family of walkingsticks in the order Phasmatodea.
Many thanks to Matthew Connors for the ID, member of Entomology Australia “Invertebratology” Facebook group.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Phasmida
- Suborder: Verophasmatodea
- Infraorder: Anareolatae
- Family: Phasmatidae
- Subfamily: Lonchodinae
- Genus: Denhama
- Species:
- Denhama aussa Werner
- Denhama austrocarinata
- Denhama eutrachelia
- Denhama gracilis
- Denhama longiceps
- Denhama striata
Note: now in the Family Lonchodidae.
- Superorder: Orthopterida
- Order: Phasmida
- Suborder: Euphasmatodea
- Family: Lonchodidae
- Subfamily: Lonchodinae
- Tribe: Lonchodini
- Genus: Denhama
Footnote & References
- Entomology Australia “Invertebratology” Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/507004496955277/
- List of Phasmatidae genera, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Phasmatidae_genera (last visited May 1, 2022)
Finke Gorge National ParkCamping & Picnic Area Boggy Hole Palm Valley Fauna Flora
FaunaBlack Headed Goanna Clam Shrimp Denham Stick-insect Nasutitermes triodiae Pied Butcherbird Sand Goanna Scarlet Percher Shield Shrimp Spinifex Pigeon Western Bowerbird Yellow-faced Whip Snake