Bacillus (insect)

Bacillus
Bacillus rossius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Superfamily:	Bacilloidea
Family:	Bacillidae
Subfamily:	Bacillinae
Genus:	Bacillus Berthold, 1827
Synonyms
Bacillus Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau & Serville, 1827 Epibacillus Redtenbacher, 1906

Bacillus is a stick insect genus, common in Europe and North Africa.

Species[]

The Phasmida Species File^[1] lists:

• Bacillus atticus - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
• - Nascetti & Bullini, 1982
• - (Thunberg, 1815)
• - Bullini, Nascetti & Bianchi Bullini, 1984
• Bacillus rossius - Rossi, 1788 - type species
• - Nascetti & Bullini, 1981

Bacillus atticus atticus is an endemic species found in Greece and Bacillus rossius is found in Europe.

See also[]

• List of Phasmatodea of Australia: Bacillus peristhenellus is a synonym of Hyrtacus caurus (Tepper, 1905).^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Bacillus (Phasmatodea) at Wikimedia Commons