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TIMEMA DOUGLASI (PHASMATOPTERA: TIMEMATODEA), ANEW PARTHENOGENETIC SPECIES FROM SOUTHWESTERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, WITH NOTES ON OTHER SPECIES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Cristina P. Sandoval  and
Vernon R. Vickery
Cristina P. Sandoval
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA 93106–9610
Vernon R. Vickery
Affiliation:
Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory, McGill University - Macdonald Campus, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada H9X 3V9
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Abstract

Timema douglasi sp.nov. is described from southwestern Oregon and northern California, USA. It is the third parthenogenetic species in the genus and is a specialist feeder on old-growth Douglas fir, occasionally causing serious defoliation. Timema knulli Strohecker is synonymized with Timema californicum Scudder.

Résumé

On trouvera ici la description de Timema douglasi sp.nov. du sud-ouest de l’Oregon et du nord de la Californie, É.-U. Il s’agit là de la troisième espèce parthénogénétique découverte chez ce genre; l’insecte a des habitudes alimentaires spécialisées et se nourrit de Sapins de Douglas de forêts à maturité, causant parfois de sérieux problèmes de défoliation. Timema knulli Strohecker est déclaré synonyme de Timema californicum Scudder.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 128 , Issue 1 , February 1996 , pp. 79 - 84
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1996

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