Acanthoxyla facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Acanthoxyla |
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| A prickly green stick insect (Acanthoxyla prasina) seen in Fairfield, Otago in 2012 | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Phasmatidae |
| Subfamily: | Phasmatinae |
| Genus: | Acanthoxyla Uvarov 1955 |
Acanthoxyla is a genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae (tribe Acanthoxylini). All the individuals of the species are female and reproduce asexually by parthenogenesis. However, a male Acanthoxyla inermis was recently discovered in the UK, probably the result of chromosome loss. The genus is the result of interspecific hybridisation resulting in some triploid lineages and some diploid lineages. The genus is endemic to New Zealand, but some species have been accidentally introduced elsewhere. The genus name Acanthoxyla translates from Greek as prickly stick (acantho = thorn; xyla = wood).
Species
The Catalogue of Life lists:
- Acanthoxyla fasciata (Hutton, 1899)
- Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866)
- Acanthoxyla huttoni Salmon, 1955
- Acanthoxyla inermis Salmon, 1955
- Acanthoxyla intermedia Salmon, 1955
- Acanthoxyla prasina (Westwood, 1859)
- Acanthoxyla speciosa Salmon, 1955
- Acanthoxyla suteri (Hutton, 1899)
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