| Spinotectarchus | |
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| A green Spinotectarchus acornutus in Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Phasmatidae |
| Subfamily: | Pachymorphinae |
| Tribe: | Hemipachymorphini |
| Genus: | Spinotectarchus Salmon, 1991 |
| Species: | S. acornutus
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| Binomial name | |
| Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899)
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Spinotectarchus acornutus is a species of stick insect endemic to New Zealand. It belongs to the family Diapheromeridae, and is the only member of the genus Spinotectarchus.[1] It is commonly referred to as the spiny ridge-backed stick insect.
- ^ "Spinotectarchus". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 2019-05-01.