Hyrtacus carinata (Sjöstedt, 1918)

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Body length: male 72-85 mm, female 100-115 mm.
Coloration: Various shades of brown, with darker median line in male.
Head: More than 2 x longer than wide. Antennae almost as long as forelegs.
Thorax: Slender, carinate. Pronotum much shorter than head. Mesonotum 8.5-10 × longer than pronotum, granulated, particularly on upper part of segment. Metanotum much shorter than mesonotum.
Abdomen: Long and slender, carinate. Operculum in female reaching end of anal segment, which is triangular incised; segment extended by broad similar sized structure, truncate at end. End of anal segment in male boldly triangular incised; segment much longer than wide. Cerci very short in both sexes.
Wings: Absent.
Legs: Very long and slender.

Note parental placement of eggs. Note appearance of eggs. Note any common variations.

Note if the species arborial or terrestrial. Canopy, mid, under, etc.

grasslands,

Note if this species has ever been reared. Note any suggestions for successful rearing.

For a stick insect with body length 115mm, to keep 2 adult females, you need a cage at least 550mm high, 250mm deep and 250mm wide.

N coastal, W plateau, Lake Eyre basin, WA, NT, QLD

It is not known if this species is endangered, as there is insufficient sighting history.

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Vickery, V.R. (1983). Catalogue of Australian stick insects (Phasmida, Phasmatodea, Phasmatoptera, or Cheleutoptera). CSIRO Australian Division of Entomology Technical Paper, No. 20, 15 pp.
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