Calvisia kneubuehleri
Calvisia kneubuehleri is a species of stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini: called the Picasso stick insect by the authors.[1] This species was found in the seasonal tropical forests of the Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve (type locality), which includes Cát Tiên National Park, Vietnam.[2]
| Calvisia kneubuehleri | |
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| Specimen from Cát Tiên National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Lonchodidae |
| Genus: | Calvisia |
| Subgenus: | Calvisia |
| Species: | C. kneubuehleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Calvisia kneubuehleri Bresseel & Constant, 2017 | |
Then undescribed, the species (female) has been photographed by the Russian ornithologists Andrei V. Zinoviev 13/04/2001 in Ma Da Enterprise, Dong Nai Province.
Female of Calvisia kneubuehleri, photographed by Andrei V. Zinoviev in Ma Da Enterprise, Dong Nai Province on 13/04/2001.
References
- Bresseel J, Constant J (2017) The Picasso stick insect. A striking new species of Calvisia from Vietnam with notes on captive breeding and new methods for incubation of eggs (Phasmida: Diapheromeridae: Necrosciinae). Belgian Journal of Entomology 46: 1-18.
- Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 20 September 2019
External links
Data related to Calvisia kneubuehleri at Wikispecies
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