Timema poppense explained

Timema poppense (originally spelled "poppensis", but this spelling did not match the gender of the genus Timema, and therefore has undergone a mandatory change following ICZN Article 31.2), the "Pope Valley timema", is a species of walkingstick in the family Timematidae.^[1] It is found in California, and originally described from a nature reserve in the Pope Valley.^[2]

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Book: Brock . Paul D.. 1999. The amazing world of stick and leaf-insects. The Amateur Entomologist. The Amateur Entomologists' Society. 26. 0-900054-63-8.
• Book: Otte . Daniel. Brock . Paul. 2005. Phasmida Species File: Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the World. Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2nd. 1-929014-08-2.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Species Timema poppense Vickery & Sandoval, 1999: Phasmida Species File.
2. V.R. Vickery, C.P. Sandoval (1999) Two new species of Timema (Phasmatoptera: Timematodea: Timematidae), one parthenogenetic, in California. Journal of Orthoptera Research 8: 45-47.