Anchiale (phasmid) explained

Anchiale[1] is a genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and tribe Phasmatini. Species have a known distribution from Australasia.[2] The type species, A. maculata, was originally thought to be a Mantis.

Species

Anchiale includes the following species:[2]

  1. Anchiale austrotessulata Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
  2. Anchiale briareus (Gray, 1834)
  3. Anchiale buruense Hennemann, Conle & Suzuki, 2015
  4. Anchiale caesarea (Redtenbacher, 1908)
  5. Anchiale confusa Sharp, 1898
  6. Anchiale grayi (Montrouzier, 1855)
  7. Anchiale insularis Kirby, 1904
  8. Anchiale longipennis (Montrouzier, 1855)
  9. Anchiale maculata (Olivier, 1792) - type species (as Mantis maculata Olivier, AG)
  10. Anchiale marmorata (Redtenbacher, 1908)
  11. Anchiale modesta Redtenbacher, 1908
  12. Anchiale reticulata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)
  13. Anchiale simplex Redtenbacher, 1908
  14. Anchiale spinicollis (Gray, 1833)
  15. Anchiale stolli Sharp, 1898
  16. Anchiale tessulata (Goeze, 1778)

Notes and References

  1. Stål C (1875) Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 32:36, 84.
  2. http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1201315 Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 22 May 2021)

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