Nuichua

Nuichua
Nuichua rabaeyae (female and male in captivity)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Lonchodidae
Subfamily: Necrosciinae
Tribe: Necrosciini
Genus: Nuichua
Bresseel & Constant, 2018

Nuichua is a genus of Asian stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini, erected by J Bresseel and J Constant, in 2018. To date (2022) the sole species has been recorded from Vietnam.

Species

The Phasmida Species File currently only includes Nuichua rabaeyae Bresseel & Constant, 2018: the genus was named after Núi Chúa National Park, where the type specimens were found.

References

  1. ↑ Bresseel J, Constant J (2018) Two new stick insect genera from Vietnam, Nuichua gen. nov. and Pterohirasea gen. nov. with two new species (Phasmida: Diapheromeridae: Necrosciinae). Belgian Journal of Entomology 70: 5.
  2. 1 2 "Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) Genus Nuichua Bresseel & Constant, 2018". Phasmida Species File. Retrieved 26 November 2022.