Bacillus (insect)
Bacillus | |
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Bacillus rossius | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Bacillidae |
Subfamily: | Bacillinae |
Tribe: | Bacillini |
Genus: | Bacillus Berthold, 1827 |
Synonyms | |
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Bacillus is a stick insect genus, common in Europe and North Africa.
Species
[edit]The Phasmida Species File[1] lists:
- Bacillus atticus – Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
- Bacillus grandii – Nascetti & Bullini, 1982
- Bacillus lynceorum – Bullini, Nascetti & Bianchi Bullini, 1984
- Bacillus rossius – Rossi, 1788 – type species
- Bacillus whitei – Nascetti & Bullini, 1981
- Note
- Bacillus inermis – (Thunberg, 1815) is nomen dubium
- Bacillus atticus atticus is an endemic species found in Greece and Bacillus rossius is found in Europe.
See also
[edit]- List of Phasmatodea of Australia: Bacillus peristhenellus is a synonym of Hyrtacus caurus (Tepper, 1905).[2]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]Media related to Bacillus (Phasmatodea) at Wikimedia Commons