What is Agathemera?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | image = Chinchemolle.JPG | image_caption = ''Agathemera crassa'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Phasmatodea]] | subordo = '''Agathemerodea''' | familia = '''Agathemeridae''' | subfamilia = '''Agathemerinae''' | tribus = '''Agathemerini''' | genus = '''''Agathemera''''' | genus_authority = [[Carl Stål|Stål]], 1875 | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = *''[[Agathemera claraziana|A. claraziana]]'' <small>([[Henri de Saussure|Saussure]], 1868)</small> *''[[Agathemera crassa|A. crassa]]'' <small>([[Émile Blanchard|Blanchard]], 1851)</small> *''[[Agathemera elegans|A. elegans]]'' <small>(Philippi, 1863)</small> *''[[Agathemera grylloidea|A. grylloidea]]'' <small>([[John Obadiah Westwood|Westwood]], 1859)</small> *''[[Agathemera luteola|A. luteola]]'' <small>Camousseight, 2006</small> *''[[Agathemera maculafulgens|A. maculafulgens]]'' <small>Camousseight, 1995</small> *''[[Agathemera mesoauriculae|A. mesoauriculae]]'' <small>Camousseight, 1995</small> *''[[Agathemera millepunctata|A. millepunctata]]'' <small>[[Ludwig Redtenbacher|Redtenbacher]], 1906 </small> }} '''''Agathemera''''' (the chinchemolle) is a [[phasmid]] insect from [[Chile]] and [[Argentina]]. It is famous for its intense odor, which is its main defence.<ref>«El Chinchemolle». Museo de Ciencias Naturales del profesorado en biología- Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos(U.A.D.E.R.) - Sede Concepción del Uruguay - Provincia de Entre Ríos - República Argentina. Consultado el 12 de mayo de 2012. [http://www.fotonaturaleza.net/foro/thread-24570.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305002728/http://www.fotonaturaleza.net/foro/thread-24570.html |date=2016-03-05 }} Comment: this photgraph shows the male mounting the female in mating. Notice that both insects have a colony of parasitic [[lice]] attached to them (tiny reddish blobs).</ref> It is notable for its [[sexual dimorphism]]. Females are much bigger than ma