| Nuichua | |
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| Nuichua rabaeyae (female and male in captivity) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Lonchodidae |
| Subfamily: | Necrosciinae |
| Tribe: | Necrosciini |
| Genus: | Nuichua Bresseel & Constant, 2018 |
Nuichua is a genus of Asian stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini, erected by J Bresseel and J Constant, in 2018. [1] To date (2022) the sole species has been recorded from Vietnam. [2]
The Phasmida Species File [2] currently only includes Nuichua rabaeyae Bresseel & Constant, 2018: the genus was named after Núi Chúa National Park, where the type specimens were found.
Phyllium is the largest and most widespread genus of leaf insects in the family Phylliidae (Phasmatodea). They can be found in Sundaland, Philippine Islands, Wallacea, and Australasia.
Necrosciinae is a subfamily of the stick insect family Lonchodidae, with its greatest diversity in South-East Asia.
Pylaemenes is a genus of stick insects in the family Heteropterygidae and subfamily Dataminae. It combines small to medium-sized, often brightly colored Phasmatodea species. Their representatives are found in large parts of Southeast Asia.
The Clitumninae are a sub-family of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae found in Asia. The type genus Clitumnus is now considered a synonym of Ramulus.
Lobofemora is a genus of stick insects in the subfamily Clitumninae. Species have known distributions from National Parks in Vietnam.
The genus Orestes combines relatively small and elongated Phasmatodea species from Southeast and East Asia.
Calvisia is a genus of stick insects in the subfamily Necrosciinae. Species are known to be distributed in temperate and tropical Asia.
Neoclides is an Asian genus of stick insects in the subfamily Necrosciinae. Species have a known distribution from: Indo-China, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines and New Guinea.
Medauromorpha 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.
Calvisia kneubuehleri is a species of stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini: called the Picasso stick insect by the authors. This species was found in the seasonal tropical forests of the Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve, which includes Cát Tiên National Park, Vietnam.
Cryptophyllium is a new (2021) genus of leaf insects in the tribe Phylliini. The current distribution is probably incomplete, but includes southern China, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malesia and western Pacific islands.
Orestes dittmari is a species of stick insects in the subfamily Dataminae.
Orestes bachmaensis is a Phasmatodea species native to central Vietnam.
Orestes krijnsi is a species of stick insects native to Vietnam.
Orestes ziegleri is a species of stick insect native to Thailand.
Pylaemenes konchurangensis is a species of stick insects native in Vietnam. The species has been described in the genus Pylaemenes, but from its morphological characters it belongs in the genus Orestes.
Baculomia is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Clitumnini, erected by Bresseel & Constant in 2019. Species have been recorded from Thailand and Vietnam.
Pterulina is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Clitumnini, erected by Bresseel & Constant in 2020. To date, species have been recorded from Vietnam only.
Presbistus is an genus of Asian stick insects in the tribe Aschiphasmatini, erected by William Forsell Kirby in 1896. Species currently have a known distribution in: India, Cambodia, Borneo, Java and Sumatra.
Brockphasma is currently a monotypic genus of Asian stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini, erected by G.W.C. Ho, Liu, Bresseel & Constant in 2014. To date, one species has been recorded from Vietnam.
Data related to Necrosciinae at Wikispecies
Media related to Necrosciinae at Wikimedia Commons