Timema shepardi

Timema shepardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Family:	Timematidae
Genus:	Timema
Species:	T. shepardi
Binomial name
	Timema shepardi; Vickery & Sandoval, 1999
Synonyms
	Timema shepardii Vickery & Sandoval, 2001 (misspelling)

Timema shepardi, Shepard's Timema, is a stick insect native to northern California. It was first identified in 1999.[1] It is one of five parthenogenetic species of Timema.[2]

References

Vickery, Vernon R.; Sandoval, Cristina P. (1999). "Two new Species of Timema (Phasmatoptera: Timematodea: Timematidae), one parthenogenetic, in California". Journal of Orthoptera Research (8): 45–47. doi:10.2307/3503424. JSTOR 3503424.
Schwander, Tanja; Lee Henry; Bernard J Crespi (2011). "Molecular evidence for ancient asexuality in timema stick insects". Current Biology. 21 (13): 1129–34. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.026. PMID 21683598. S2CID 2053974.

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[1] Vickery, Vernon R.; Sandoval, Cristina P. (1999). "Two new Species of Timema (Phasmatoptera: Timematodea: Timematidae), one parthenogenetic, in California". Journal of Orthoptera Research (8): 45–47. doi:10.2307/3503424. JSTOR 3503424.

[schwander2011-2] Schwander, Tanja; Lee Henry; Bernard J Crespi (2011). "Molecular evidence for ancient asexuality in timema stick insects". Current Biology. 21 (13): 1129–34. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.026. PMID 21683598. S2CID 2053974.