Tectarchus ovobessus, the ridgebacked stick insect, is a species of Phasmatidae.

[1][2] It was described as the type species of a new genus in 1954.

[3] A stick insect with a raised keel along the back.

The whole genus Tectarchus is parasitized by nematodes.

[4] This insect-related article is a stub.