Neooxyartes

Neooxyartes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Lonchodidae
Subfamily: Necrosciinae
Tribe: Necrosciini
Genus: Neooxyartes
Ho, 2018[1]
Synonyms

Pterohirasea Bresseel & Constant, 2018 (as P. nigrolineata)[2]

External image
image icon male and female Neooxyartes zomproi (in culture)

Neooxyartes is a monotypic genus of Asian stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini, erected by G.W.C. Ho in 2018. To date (2022) the sole species has been recorded from Vietnam.[3]

Species

The Phasmida Species File[3] currently only includes Neooxyartes zomproi Ho, 2018: type locality, Bạch Mã National Park (mountain), Thừa Thiên Huế province.

References

  1. ^ Ho GWC (2018) New taxa of Necrosciinae from Vietnam (Phasmatodea: Diapheromeridae). Zoological Systematics 43(2): 178–189.
  2. ^ 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: 1-79.
  3. ^ a b "Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) Genus Neooxyartes Ho, 2018". Phasmida Species File. Retrieved 26 November 2022.