Bacillus (insect)

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

Species

The Phasmida Species File lists:

1. Bacillus atticus – <small>Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882</small>
2. Bacillus grandii – <small>Nascetti & Bullini, 1982</small>
3. Bacillus lynceorum – <small>Bullini, Nascetti & Bianchi Bullini, 1984</small>
4. Bacillus rossius (Mediterranean Stick Insect) – <small>Rossi, 1788</small> – type species
5. Bacillus whitei – <small>Nascetti & Bullini, 1981</small>

• Bacillus inermis – <small>(Thunberg, 1815)</small> is nomen dubium
• 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).

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