Sungaya inexpectata | |
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Female of Sungaya inexpectata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Heteropterygidae |
Genus: | Sungaya |
Species: | S. inexpectata
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Binomial name | |
Sungaya inexpectata Zompro, 1996
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Sungaya inexpectata is a species of stick insects and the type species of genus Sungaya. The species name is derived from the Latin as "inexpectatus" and means "unexpected". Its common name is sunny stick insect, derived from the less commonly used sungay stick insect, which in turn refers to the place where the species was found.[1][2]