Medauroidea extradentata

TaxID: 614211

Basic Information

Medauroidea extradentata

Annam Stick Insect

Medauroidea extradentata, commonly known as the Vietnamese or Annam walking stick, is a species of the family Phasmatidae. They originate in Vietnam and are found in tropical forests there. They eat a variety of foliage, though in captivity they commonly eat blackberry bramble, hawthorn, oak, red maple, and roses.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Phasmatodea

Phasmatidae

Medauroidea

extradentata

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Morphological Features

Wild-type first instar nymphs have brown pigmentation spots on the cuticle covering the head, thorax, legs and abdomen. They also have dark spots on the lateral and dorsal surface of the head capsule, and dark stripes on the lateral sides of the abdomen and on the legs.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Nymph Source Type: Scholarly article
Citation:

Giulia Di Cristina, Elina Dirksen, Benjamin Altenhein, Ansgar Büschges. 2025. Pioneering genome editing in parthenogenetic stick insects: CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene knockout in Medauroidea extradentata. Scientific Reports

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_003012365.1 Scaffold 2593 28 43 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR10437522 midgut - - 22701515 USA: California
SRR10437521 midgut - - 21825971 USA: California
SRR10437520 midgut - - 21581803 USA: California

DNA Barcodes (6 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
GBMNE23935-21 BOLD:AEN0162 COI-5P 648 - - -
GBMNE23934-21 - COI-3P 819 - - -
GBMH15673-19 - COI-3P 756 - - -
GBMH15172-19 - COI-3P 635 - - -
GBART5082-23 - 18S-5P 863 Unrecoverable - -
GBART30145-23 - 18S-5P 312 Unrecoverable - -

Literature