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Spinohirasea

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Spinohirasea
Spinohirasea bengalensis: male and female (in culture)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Lonchodidae
Subfamily: Necrosciinae
Tribe: Necrosciini
Genus: Spinohirasea
Zompro, 2002
Synonyms

Spinohirasea crassithorax Zompro, 2002

Spinohirasea is currently a monotypic genus of stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini, erected by Zompro in 2002.[1] To date (2022) the sole species has been recorded from Vietnam.[2]

Species

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The Phasmida Species File currently only includes Spinohirasea bengalensis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907): with the genus name described as S. crassithorax Zompro, 2002 and the species name from Menexenus bengalensis, described by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl. The type specimens were found in Dy Thuong village, Hà Tĩnh province.[2] This species can be kept in culture, fed by bramble, raspberry, Hypericum or ivy.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Zompro (2002) [2001] Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 50(1-2): 67.
  2. ^ a b "Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) Genus Spinohirasea Zompro, 2002". Phasmida Species File. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. ^ PSG 272 Spinohirasea bengalensis Phasmid Study Group: species information.
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