Timema shepardi
Timema shepardi, Shepard's Timema, is a stick insect native to northern California. It was first identified in 1999.[1] It is one of five parthenogenetic species of Timema.[2]
| Timema shepardi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Timematidae |
| Genus: | Timema |
| Species: | T. shepardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Timema shepardi Vickery & Sandoval, 1999 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Timema shepardii Vickery & Sandoval, 2001 (misspelling) | |
References
- 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.
- 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. PMID 21683598. S2CID 2053974.
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