Phasmatini Explained

Phasmatini^[1] is a tribe of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. There are more than 40 described species, found in Australasia, and Asia.

Genera

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

Further reading

• The taxonomic arrangement of the Phasmatodea with keys to the subfamilies and tribes. 1977. Bradley . James Chester. Galil . Bella S.. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 79. 2. 176–208. 0013-8797.
• Evolution of Oviposition Techniques in Stick and Leaf Insects (Phasmatodea). 2018. Robertson . James A.. Bradler . Sven. Whiting . Michael F.. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6. 10.3389/fevo.2018.00216. free.

Notes and References

1. Leach (1815) In Brewster, D. The Edinburgh Encyclopedia 9: 119.