Pseudoparamenexenus Stick Insect vs Children's Stick Insect

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Attribute Pseudoparamenexenus Stick Insect Children's Stick Insect
Scientific Name Pseudoparamenexenus guangxiensis Tropidoderus childrenii
Order Phasmatodea Phasmatodea
Family Lonchodidae Phasmatidae
Size 4-6 cm 100-150mm
Habitat Forests Woodlands
Diet Herbivores Herbivores
Regions China (Guangxi) Oceania
Conservation Data Deficient Least Concern

Pseudoparamenexenus Stick Insect

A small stick insect from Guangxi Province in China. It belongs to a genus whose phylogenetic relationships were recently clarified.

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Did You Know?

Molecular phylogenetic analysis placed this genus firmly within the Necrosciinae, resolving long-standing taxonomic uncertainty.

Children's Stick Insect

A large Australian leaf insect with broad flattened body and legs. Females are vivid green and resemble eucalyptus leaves. Males are more slender and brown. It was named after the curator of the British Museum.

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Did You Know?

Despite its name, it was named after J.G. Children, a 19th-century zoologist at the British Museum, not for being child-friendly.