Phasmatini
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Phasmatidae |
| Subfamily: | Phasmatinae |
| Tribe: | Phasmatini Leach, 1815 |
Phasmatini[1] is a tribe of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. There are more than 40 described species, found in Australasia, and Asia[2]
Genera
[edit]These genera belong to the tribe Phasmatini:
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835
- Anchiale Stål, 1875
- Cigarrophasma Brock & Hasenpusch, 2001 (monotypic Cigarrophasma tessellatum)
- Ctenomorpha Gray, 1833
- Dryococelus Gurney, 1947 (monotypic)
- Eurycnema Serville, 1838
- Onchestus Stål, 1877
- Paractenomorpha Hennemann & Conle, 2004 (monotypic Paractenomorpha baehri)
- Paracyphocrania Redtenbacher, 1908
- Paronchestus Redtenbacher, 1908
- Peloriana Uvarov, 1940 (monotypic Peloriana lobiceps)
- Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796
References
[edit]- ^ Leach (1815) In Brewster, D. The Edinburgh Encyclopedia 9: 119.
- ^ Brock, Paul D.; Otte, Daniel (2019). "tribe Phasmatini Leach, 1815". Phasmida species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
[edit]- Bradley, James Chester; Galil, Bella S. (1977). "The taxonomic arrangement of the Phasmatodea with keys to the subfamilies and tribes". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 79 (2): 176–208. ISSN 0013-8797.
- Robertson, James A.; Bradler, Sven; Whiting, Michael F. (2018). "Evolution of Oviposition Techniques in Stick and Leaf Insects (Phasmatodea)". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6. doi:10.3389/fevo.2018.00216.