Tepakiphasma ngatikuri, a new genus and species of stick insect (Phasmatodea) from the far north of New Zealand

New Zealand Entomologist

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-126

  Buckley, Thomas R ^a   Bradler, Sven ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acanthoxylini; Lanceocercata; Phasmatidae; Phasmatinae; Te Paki

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; MYRTACEAE; PHASMATIDAE; PHASMATODEA;

EID: 78249238176     PISSN: 00779962     EISSN: 11793430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2010.9722200     Document Type: Article

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