Onchestus rentzi

{{Short description|Species of stick insect}}

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| image = Onchestus rentzi.JPG

| image_caption = Onchestus rentzi females

| genus = Onchestus

| species = rentzi

| authority = Brock & Hasenpusch, 2006

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Onchestus rentzi is an Australian species of stick insect, commonly named the crowned stick insect, described in 2006.[https://dx.doi.org/10.1665/1082-6467(2005)14%5B17:SOTASG%5D2.0.CO;2 Brock & Hasenpusch, 2006. "Studies on the Australian stick-insect genus Onchestus Stål (Phasmida: Phasmatidae)" Journal of Orthoptera Research] It lives in rainforests along the coast of Queensland and the Northern Territory. It is named after the Australian orthopterist David Rentz.