Eurycnema | |
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adults of E. goliath | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Phasmatidae |
Subfamily: | Phasmatinae |
Tribe: | Phasmatini |
Genus: | Eurycnema Audinet-Serville, 1838 |
Synonyms | |
Clemacantha Rainbow, 1897 |
Eurycnema [1] is a genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and tribe Phasmatini. Species have a known distribution from Australia, New Guinea, Kei islands, Timor, Wetar & Solor. [2]
Eurycnema includes the following species: [2]
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