Lonchodidae
Lonchodidae | |
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Acanthomenexenus polyacanthus (Lonchodini) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Infraorder: | Anareolatae |
Family: | Lonchodidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
Lonchodidae[1] is a family of stick insects, with more than 150 genera and 1,000 described species.[2]
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.[3]
Subfamilies and tribes
[edit]- Lonchodinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- tribe Eurycanthini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- tribe Lonchodini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- tribe not determined
- genus Megalophasma Bi, 1995
- genus Papuacocelus Hennemann & Conle, 2006
- Necrosciinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- tribe Necrosciini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
References
[edit]- ^ Brunner von Wattenwyl (1893) Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova (2)13(33): 80.
- ^ "Lonchodidae". GBIF. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]Media related to Lonchodidae at Wikimedia Commons