Agathemera

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Agathemera
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Agathemera crassa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Suborder: Euphasmatodea
Superfamily: Pseudophasmatoidea
Family: Agathemeridae
Bradler, 2003
Genus: Agathemera
Stål, 1875
Synonyms

Paradoxomorpha Brancsik, 1898

Agathemera [1] is a genus of stick insects in the suborder Euphasmatodea and superfamily Pseudophasmatoidea. It consists of several species limited to the mountainous regions of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. [2]

Contents

This genus is the sole representative of the monotypic family Agathemeridae and tribe Agathemerini; it was also placed in the suborder Agathemerodea, but the latter is now considered of doubtful validity. [3]

Species

Agathemera maculafulgens Agathemera maculafulgens (8388995384).jpg
Agathemera maculafulgens

The Phasmida Species File includes following species: [2]

  1. Agathemera claraziana (Saussure, 1868)
  2. Agathemera crassa (Blanchard, 1851) - type species (as Anisomorpha pardalinaWestwood)
  3. Agathemera elegans (Philippi, 1863)
  4. Agathemera grylloides (Westwood, 1859)
  5. Agathemera luteola Camousseight, 2006
  6. Agathemera maculafulgens Camousseight, 1995
  7. Agathemera mesoauriculae Camousseight, 1995
  8. Agathemera millepunctata Redtenbacher, 1906

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