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Timema shepardi

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Species of stick insect

Timema shepardi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Timematidae
Genus: Timema
Species: T. shepardi
Binomial name
Timema shepardi
Vickery & Sandoval, 1999
Synonyms

Timema shepardii Vickery & Sandoval, 2001 (misspelling)

Timema shepardi, Shepard's Timema, is a stick insect native to northern California. It was first identified in 1999. It is one of five parthenogenetic species of Timema.

References

  1. Vickery, Vernon R.; Sandoval, Cristina P. (1999). "Two new Species of Timema (Phasmatoptera: Timematodea: Timematidae), one parthenogenetic, in California". Journal of Orthoptera Research (8): 45–47. doi:10.2307/3503424. JSTOR 3503424.
  2. Schwander, Tanja; Lee Henry; Bernard J Crespi (2011). "Molecular evidence for ancient asexuality in timema stick insects". Current Biology. 21 (13): 1129–34. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.026. hdl:11370/8c189a5e-f36b-4199-934c-53347c0e2131. PMID 21683598. S2CID 2053974.
Taxon identifiers
Timema shepardi
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