Medauromorpha

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Medauromorpha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Infraorder: Anareolatae
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Clitumninae
Genus: Medauromorpha
Bresseel & Constant, 2017

Medauromorpha [1] is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae, subfamily Clitumninae and tribe Medaurini. Species have a known distribution from Vietnam and southern China. [2]

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Species

Medauromorpha includes the following species: [2]

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References

  1. Bresseel J & Constant J (2017) The new stick insect genus Medauromorpha gen. nov. with one new species from Vietnam and notes on Medauroidea Zompro, 2000 (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Clitumninae). Belgian Journal of Entomology 45: 1–38. Translation of original paper in Flemish: Bresseel & Constant (2017) Phasma 27(103): 14.
  2. 1 2 Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 19 September 2019)