Necroscia bella Tepper, 1905

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Identification:

Length: Coloring: Note any distinguishing features.

body 52 mm.
width, 1-2.3 mm

head 3.3 mm.

antennæ 19 mm.

pronotum 2 mm.

mesonotum 9 mm.

metanotum 3.7 mm.

abdomen 34 mm.

cerci 3 mm.

tegmina 2 mm.
width, 1.5 mm.

wing 28 mm.
width, 12 mm.

ant. femora 16 mm.

ant. tibiæ 15 mm.

med. femora 10 mm.

med. tibiæ 10 mm.

post. femora 14 mm.

post. tibiæ 15 mm.

tarsi 3-4 mm.

Male. Greenish to reddish-brown; very slender. Head above rounded, minutely and distantly tuberculate, occiput anteriorly with a deep oval impression, median line indistinct: sides flat. Antennæ not much longer than the anterior femora, finely and densely hairy. Pronotum narrower and much shorter than the head, with a slight longitudinal and a promiscuous transverse carina in the middle. Mesonotum scabrous, nearly twice as long as the two preceding together, and attenuated towards the middle from both ends. Metanotum stout and the widest part of the body. Abdomen slender, gradually attenuated towards and inclusive of seventh joint, remainder moderately tumid. Subgenital lamina half the length of joint, apex emarginate. Cerci short, ovate, hairy: porrected. Legs simple, very slender, moderately long; femora, tibiæ, and first joint of tarsi minutely and very densely spinulate along all three ridges. Tegmina very small, apex rotundately sinuate, elevated knob dark brown, remainder pale brown. Wings narrow, apex almost subacute: veins and veinlets of costal area from brown at the base to greenish along costa, and whitish near margin; of the remainder from bright to faintly rosy: interspaces pale green near costa, remainder very faintly rosy, transparent.

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Habitat:

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Rearing Notes:

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For a stick insect with body length 52mm, to keep 2 adult females, you need a cage at least 250mm high, 120mm deep and 120mm wide.

Range:

W plateau, SA

Status:

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

References:

Balderson, J., Rentz, D.C.F. and Roach, A.M.E. (1998). in Houston, W.K.K. & Wells, A. (1998) (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia (ISBN 0643 06035 9). pp. 347 - 376.
Tepper, J.G.O. (1905). Insects collected in the North-western Region of South Australia Proper by H. Basedow; with Descriptions of New Species of Mantidæ and Phasmidæ, No. 2. Transactions of the Royal Society South Australia, 29: 237-245.
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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body	52 mm. width, 1-2.3 mm
head	3.3 mm.
antennæ	19 mm.
pronotum	2 mm.
mesonotum	9 mm.
metanotum	3.7 mm.
abdomen	34 mm.
cerci	3 mm.
tegmina	2 mm. width, 1.5 mm.
wing	28 mm. width, 12 mm.
ant. femora	16 mm.
ant. tibiæ	15 mm.
med. femora	10 mm.
med. tibiæ	10 mm.
post. femora	14 mm.
post. tibiæ	15 mm.
tarsi	3-4 mm.