Lonchodinae
The Lonchodinae are a subfamily of stick insects in the family Lonchodidae found in: Australasia, Asia, Africa, Southern America and the Pacific.
| Lonchodinae | |
|---|---|
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| Eurycantha horrida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Lonchodidae |
| Subfamily: | Lonchodinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
The subfamilies Necrosciinae and Lonchodinae, formerly part of Diapheromeridae, were determined to make up a separate family and were transferred to the re-established family Lonchodidae in 2018.[1]
Tribes and genera
The Phasmida Species File[2] lists two established tribes:
Eurycanthini
Authority: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- Asprenas Stål, 1875
- Brachyrtacus Sharp, 1898
- Canachus (insect) Stål, 1875
- Carlius Uvarov, 1939
- Dryococelus Gurney, 1947
- Erinaceophasma Zompro, 2001
- Eupromachus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
- Eurycantha Boisduval, 1835
- Labidiophasma Carl, 1915
- Microcanachus Donskoff, 1988
- Neopromachus Giglio-Tos, 1912
- Oreophasma Günther, 1929
- Paracanachus Carl, 1915
- Symetriophasma Hennemann & Conle, 1996
- Thaumatobactron Günther, 1929
- Trapezaspis Redtenbacher, 1908
Lonchodini
Authority: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (synonym Menexenini)
- Acanthomenexenus
- Austrocarausius
- Breviphetes
- Carausius (insect)
- Chondrostethus
- Cladomimus
- Denhama
- Echinothorax
- Greenia
- Hermagoras (insect)
- Hyrtacus (insect)
- Lonchodes (insect)
- Lonchodiodes
- Manduria (insect)
- Matutumetes
- Menexenus (insect)
- Mithrenes (insect)
- Mnesilochus
- Mortites
- Myronides (insect)
- Paraprisomera
- Pericentropsis
- Pericentrus
- Periphetes (insect)
- Phenacephorus
- Phenacocephalus
- Phraortes (insect)
- Prisomera
- Pseudostheneboea
- Spinophetes
- Stheneboea (insect)
Incertae Sedis and Re-Named
- Megalophasma Bi, 1995
- Megalophasma asperatum (Bates, 1865)
- Megalophasma granulatum Bi, 1995
- Papuacocelus papuanus Hennemann & Conle, 2006
The tribe Neohiraseini Hennemann & Conle, 2008 is now considered a junior synonym in the family Diapheromeridae: subfamily Necrosciinae.
References
- 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.
- Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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