Megacraniinae Explained

The Megacraniinae^[1] are an anareolate subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. Their known distribution includes Malesia and islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans.^[2] Several genera have been revised and were placed previously in the Platycraninae.

Genera

The Phasmida Species File lists:^[2]

• Acanthograeffea Günther, 1932
• Apterograeffea Cliquennois & Brock, 2002
• Davidrentzia - monotypic D. valida Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
• Erastus Redtenbacher, 1908
• Graeffea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1868
• Megacrania Kaup, 1871
• Ophicrania Kaup, 1871
• Xenomaches Kirby, 1896 - monotypic Xenomaches incommodus (Butler, 1876)

Notes and References

1. Hennemann (2020) Zootaxa 4896(2): 151.
2. http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1241102 Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 13 February 2021)