Agathemera

Agathemera
Agathemera crassa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Phasmatodea
Suborder:
Agathemerodea
Family:
Agathemeridae
Subfamily:
Agathemerinae
Tribe:
Agathemerini
Genus:
Agathemera

Stål, 1875
Species
  • A. claraziana (Saussure, 1868)
  • A. crassa (Blanchard, 1851)
  • A. elegans (Philippi, 1863)
  • A. grylloidea (Westwood, 1859)
  • A. luteola Camousseight, 2006
  • A. maculafulgens Camousseight, 1995
  • A. mesoauriculae Camousseight, 1995
  • A. millepunctata Redtenbacher, 1906

Agathemera (the chinchemolle) is a phasmid insect from Chile and Argentina. It is famous for its intense odor, which is its main defence.[1]

It is notable for its sexual dimorphism. Females are much bigger than males, at 75mm long and 16mm wide in the thorax.[2]

This phasmid is an evolutionary isolate. It is alone in its suborder, and there are few publications about it.

References

  1. ↑ «El Chinchemolle». Museo de Ciencias Naturales del profesorado en biología- Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos(U.A.D.E.R.) - Sede Concepción del Uruguay - Provincia de Entre Ríos - República Argentina. Consultado el 12 de mayo de 2012. [1] Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Comment: this photgraph shows the male mounting the female in mating. Notice that both insects have a colony of parasitic lice attached to them (tiny reddish blobs).
  2. ↑ Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" 1898. de mayo de 2012
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.