Bacillus

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
• Bacillus grandii – Nascetti & Bullini, 1982
• Bacillus inermis – (Thunberg, 1815)
• Bacillus lynceorum – Bullini, Nascetti & Bianchi Bullini, 1984
• Bacillus rossius – Rossi, 1788 – type species
• Bacillus whitei – 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