Timema monikense

Timema monikense, the Santa Monica Mountains timema,^[1] (originally Timema monikensis) is a parthenogenetic stick insect native to California.^[2][3]

Timema monikense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Family:	Timematidae
Genus:	Timema
Species:	T. monikense
Binomial name
Timema monikense Vickery & Sandoval, 1998

Distribution

The Santa Monica Mountains timema is endemic to the state of California in the United States. It can be found in Southern California, in the Santa Monica Mountain range, hence its common name.^[4]