Nuichua
Appearance
Nuichua | |
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Nuichua rabaeyae (female and male in captivity) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Lonchodidae |
Subfamily: | Necrosciinae |
Tribe: | Necrosciini |
Genus: | Nuichua Bresseel & Constant, 2018 |
Nuichua is a genus of Asian stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini, erected by J Bresseel and J Constant, in 2018.[1] To date (2022) the sole species has been recorded from Vietnam.[2]
Species
[edit]The Phasmida Species File[2] currently only includes Nuichua rabaeyae Bresseel & Constant, 2018: the genus was named after Núi Chúa National Park, where the type specimens were found.
References
[edit]- ^ Bresseel J, Constant J (2018) Two new stick insect genera from Vietnam, Nuichua gen. nov. and Pterohirasea gen. nov. with two new species (Phasmida: Diapheromeridae: Necrosciinae). Belgian Journal of Entomology 70: 5.
- ^ a b "Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) Genus Nuichua Bresseel & Constant, 2018". Phasmida Species File. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
External links
[edit]- Data related to Necrosciinae at Wikispecies
- Media related to Necrosciinae at Wikimedia Commons