Dyme (insect)

Dyme
Dyme ramulus, Ecuador
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Diapheromeridae
Subfamily: Diapheromerinae
Tribe: Diapheromerini
Genus: Dyme
Stål, 1875

Dyme is a genus of common walking stick insects in the family Diapheromeridae. There are about 10 described species in Dyme, found in South America.[1][2]

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Dyme:

  • Dyme annulicornis Hebard, 1924
  • Dyme atropurpurea Carl, 1913
  • Dyme bifrons Stål, 1875 (lobed Peruvian stick-insect)
  • Dyme boliviana (Piza, 1939)
  • Dyme cyphus (Westwood, 1859)
  • Dyme mamillata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
  • Dyme palmes (Giglio-Tos, 1898)
  • Dyme rarospinosa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (rarely spined Peruvian stick insect)
  • Dyme spinicollis Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez, 2011
  • Dyme tacanae Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez, 2011

References

  1. ↑ "Catalogue of Life, Dyme Stål, 1875". Retrieved 2026-06-28.
  2. ↑ Brock, Paul D.; Otte, Daniel (2020). "genus Dyme Stål, 1875". Phasmida species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2024-08-20.