Lonchodidae

Last updated

Lonchodidae
Acanthomenexenus polyacanthus - even adult male1.JPG
Acanthomenexenus polyacanthus (Lonchodini)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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]

Contents

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]

Trachythorax maculicollis (Necrosciini) Trachythorax maculicollis - pair.JPG
Trachythorax maculicollis (Necrosciini)

Subfamilies and tribes

References

  1. ↑ Brunner von Wattenwyl (1893) Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova (2)13(33): 80.
  2. ↑ "Lonchodidae". GBIF. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  3. ↑ 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 .
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.