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Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948), male specimen held at Auckland Museum, licensed under CC BY 4.0

Pseudoclitarchus sentus (Salmon, 1948), female specimen held at Auckland Museum, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Suborder:	Verophasmatodea
Superfamily:	Anareolatae
Family:	Phasmatidae
Genus:	Pseudoclitarchus Salmon, 1991
Species:	P. sentus
Binomial name
*Pseudoclitarchus sentus* (Salmon, 1948)
Synonyms
Acanthoxyla senta Salmon, 1948 Pseudoclitarchus senta (Salmon, 1948)

Pseudoclitarchus sentus is the sole representative of the genus Pseudoclitarchus, and is a stick insect endemic to the Three Kings Islands. It lives mainly on kanuka trees.

Illustration of Pseudoclitarchus senta egg by Des Helmore

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