Anisomorpha ferruginea

Short description: Species of insect

Anisomorpha ferruginea

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Phasmatodea
Family:  | Pseudophasmatidae
Genus:  | Anisomorpha
Species:  |

A. ferruginea

Binomial name
Anisomorpha ferruginea

(Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)

Anisomorpha ferruginea is a species in the family Pseudophasmatidae ("striped walkingsticks"), in the order Phasmatodea ("walkingsticks").[1][2] Common names include "northern two-striped walkingstick", "dark walkingstick", and "prairie alligator".[3] Anisomorpha ferruginea is found in North America.[2] This insect can spray a defensive mist that contains a terpene dialdehyde.[4]

## References

1. ↑ "Species Anisomorpha ferruginea - Northern Two-striped Walkingstick" (in en). https://bugguide.net/node/view/93384.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
3. ↑ Encyclopedia of Life Anisomorpha ferruginea species overview.
4. ↑ Mullen, Gary R., ed (2019). Medical and veterinary entomology (3rd ed.). London San Diego, CA: Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-814043-7.

## Further reading

* Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
* Otte, Daniel, and Paul Brock (2003). Phasmida Species File: A Catalog of the Stick and Leaf Insects of the World, 505.

## External links

* NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Anisomorpha ferruginea

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