Dares ulula

Dares ulula
Dares ulula, pair
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Heteropterygidae
Subfamily: Dataminae
Tribe: Datamini
Genus: Dares
Species:
D. ulula
Binomial name
Dares ulula
(Westwood, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
  • Acanthoderus ulula Westwood, 1859
  • Dares (Dares) calamita Redtenbacher, 1906
  • Dares (Dares) corticinus Redtenbacher, 1906

Dares ulula is a species of stick insects. Like most other members of the genus Dares, the species is native to Borneo, more precisely in the northwest of the island. The males are extremely prickly even for the representatives of the genus Orestes. Females are colored with a relatively high contrast.

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