Tectarchus huttoni
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| Tectarchus huttoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Phasmatidae |
| Genus: | Tectarchus |
| Species: | T. huttoni |
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| Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)[1] | |
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Tectarchus huttoni[2][3] is a species of stick insect in the family Phasmatidae.[4] It is endemic to New Zealand and known as the ridge-backed stick insect.[5]
Tectarchus huttoni is an insect of the order Phasmatodea. The first name of this species was Pachymorpha huttoni[2] created by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1907. The genus and species Tectarchus diversus was created by Salmon in 1954.[2][6] The other synonym of this species is Pachymorpha finitima.[2]