Parabacillus hesperus

Parabacillus hesperus, the western short-horn walkingstick, is a species of walkingstick in the family Heteronemiidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[2] This species is found in dry, arid in the summer and fall. Their diet consists of various scrub and grassland plants. Through an adaptation called "crypsis," it blends in so perfectly with its natural habitat that it often goes completely undetected by would-be predators.

Western short-horn walkingstick, Parabacillus hesperus

Parabacillus hesperus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Heteronemiidae
Genus: Parabacillus
Species:
P. hesperus
Binomial name
Parabacillus hesperus
Hebard, 1934

References
  1. "Parabacillus hesperus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  2. "Parabacillus hesperus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  3. "Parabacillus hesperus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  4. "Parabacillus hesperus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.

Further reading
  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Brock, Paul D. (1999). The amazing world of stick and leaf-insects. ISBN 0-900054-63-8. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  • Otte, Daniel; Brock, Paul (2005). Phasmida Species File: Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the World. Vol. Second Edition. Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. ISBN 1-929014-08-2.


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