| Lopaphus | |
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| Lopaphus sp. from Cuc Phuong National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Lonchodidae |
| Subfamily: | Necrosciinae |
| Genus: | Lopaphus Westwood, 1859 |
| Synonyms | |
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Lopaphus [1] [2] is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Diapheromeridae and subfamily Necrosciinae. Species have been recorded from India, China and South-East Asia. [3]
The Catalogue of Life [2] and Phasmida Species File [3] list:
The family Phylliidae contains the extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkably camouflaged leaf mimics (mimesis) in the entire animal kingdom. They occur from South Asia through Southeast Asia to Australia. Earlier sources treat Phylliidae as a much larger taxon, containing genera in what are presently considered to be several different families.
Phobaeticus is a genus of Asian stick insects comprising over 25 species. It includes some of the longest known insects, including Phobaeticus chani.
The Phasmatinae are a subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. They contain at least three tribes; Bradley and Galil corrected the spelling to "Phasmatinae" and provides a key to tribes.
Necrosciinae is a subfamily of the stick insect family Lonchodidae, with its greatest diversity in South-East Asia.
Pharnacia is a tropical Asian genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and subfamily Clitumninae.
Asceles is a genus from the stick insect family Diapheromeridae. Some of the species of Asceles have a distribution in Malaysia and Singapore.
Ramulus is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and subfamily Clitumninae.
Sosibia is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Diapheromeridae and subfamily Necrosciinae.
Prisopus is a genus of stick insects belonging to the family Prisopodidae. These stick insects are present in America, India and Malesia.
Sipyloidea is a genus of stick insects of the family Diapheromeridae. The genus was described by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1893.
The Heteropterygidae is a family of stick insects belonging to the suborder Verophasmatodea; species can be found in Australasia, East and Southeast Asia.
Marmessoidea is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Diapheromeridae and subfamily Necrosciinae. The native range of species appears to be from India and South-East Asia to the Wallace line.
Oxyartes is a genus of stick insects in the family Diapheromeridae and subfamily Necrosciinae; species records are from India through to Indochina.
Trachythorax is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Diapheromeridae and subfamily Necrosciinae. Species have been recorded from the Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia through to New Guinea.
Necroscia is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Diapheromeridae and subfamily Necrosciinae. Species have been recorded from South-East Asia.
Pylaemenes is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Heteropterygidae and subfamily Dataminae.
Tirachoidea is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and subfamily Clitumninae.
Calvisia is a genus of stick insects in the subfamily Necrosciinae. Species are known to be distributed in temperate and tropical Asia.
Ramulus westwoodii is a species of stick insect first described by James Wood-Mason in 1873 and named in honour of John O. Westwood.
Neoclides is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Diapheromeridae, subfamily Necrosciinae. Species have a known distribution from: Indo-China, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines and New Guinea.
