Timema ritense explained

Timema ritense, the Santa Rita timema, is a species of walkingstick in the family Timematidae. It is found in North America. The species was originally spelled "ritensis", but this spelling did not match the gender of the genus Timema, and therefore has undergone a mandatory change following ICZN Article 31.2.

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.