Anisomorpha
{{Short description|Genus of stick insects}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Anisomorpha-male-female.jpg
| image_caption = mating pair of Anisomorpha buprestoides
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Anisomorpha
| authority = Gray, 1835
| type_species = Phasma buprestoides
| type_species_authority = Stoll, 1813, design. Kirby, 1904
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- A. buprestoides (Stoll, 1813)
- A. clara Conle, Hennemann & Perez-Gelabert, 2006
- A. ferruginea (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)
- A. paromalus Westwood, 1859
}}
File:Anisomorpha paromalus (male).jpg
File:Walking Stick -- Anisomorpha.jpg
Anisomorpha is a genus of walking stick insect capable of secreting a substance from glands on the metathorax that can cause an intense burning irritation of the eyes and mouth of potential predators on contact. In some cases, this causes temporary blindness. Species are found throughout the mainland Central, northern South America, and the southeastern United States. The adult female is larger than the male in length and width. There are currently four accepted species in this genus, and all are wingless.
References
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{{Cite web| title=Anisomorpha Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=666763
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2019-03-22
}}
{{Cite web| title=Anisomorpha
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1411619
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2019-03-22
}}
{{Cite web| title=Anisomorpha Genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/323
| website=bugguide.net
| accessdate=2019-03-22
}}
{{Cite web
| accessdate = 2019-03-22
| title = Phasmida species file online, Version 5.0
| date = 2018
| last1 = Brock | first1 = Paul D.
| last2 = Otte | first2 = Daniel
| url = http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1199462
}}
}}
Further reading
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- {{Cite book
| title = Stick Insects of the Continental United States and Canada
| date = 2006
| last1 = Arment | first1 = Chad
| publisher = Coachwhip Publications
}}
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External links
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- [http://phasmid-study-group.org/taxonomy/term/5188 Phasmid Study Group: Anisomorpha]
- [http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2010/NP/C005319H Pubs.rsc.org]
- {{doi|10.1021/cb600318u}}
- {{doi|10.1007/s10886-008-9457-8}}
- {{doi|10.1021/ac0711586}}
- [https://archive.today/20130129002917/http://iospress.metapress.com/content/q894088u06214151/ Iospress.metapress.com]
- [http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/walkingstick.htm Anisomorpha buprestoides, twostriped walkingstick] on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Anisomorpha|Anisomorpha}}
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Category:Taxa named by George Robert Gray
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