Phryganistria

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Phryganistria
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Phryganistria bachmaensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Tribe: Pharnaciini
Genus: Phryganistria
Stål, 1875
Type species
Bacteria sarmentosaWestwood, 1848

Phryganistria is a genus of stick insects belonging to the subfamily Clitumninae, native to Mainland Southeast Asia, including Yunnan China, central Vietnam and Bangladesh. [1] The species in this genus have been subject to revision, with several being reassigned to the related Neophryganistria . [2]

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As with other genera in the tribe Pharnaciini, Phryganistria stick insects are notable for their range in size from "fairly large to very large", [3] and amongst the world's longest stick insects (which also makes it the longest known insects).

Species

The genus includes the following: [1]

  1. Phryganistria bachmaensis (Ta & Hoang, 2004) - Vietnam
  2. Phryganistria laikuenae Ho, 2023 - Yunnan
  3. Phryganistria virgea (Westwood, 1848) - type species (as Bacteria sarmentosaWestwood, 1848) - Bangladesh

Reassigned species

The following species, previously placed here, are now in genus Neophryganistria :

Phryganistria "chinensis"

Claimed to be the world's longest stick insect, [4] the informally named Phryganistria "chinensis" , discovered in 2014 near Liuzhou in Guangxi, China, apparently remains an undescribed species after more than 10 years. A wild collected female kept at the Insect Museum of West China was the record holder at 624 millimetres (24.6 in) in total length (including extended legs), [5] but it was surpassed by one of its captive bred young that reached 640 millimetres (25 in). [6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Phasmida Species File: genus Phryganistria Stål, 1875". Phasmida Species File (new). Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Ho GW-C (2023) Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea XIII: New taxa of Pharnaciini (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae: Clitumninae) from China. Hong Kong Entomological Bulletin, 15(2), 3–20. Available here
  3. ↑ Bresseel, Joachim; Constant, Jérôme (2014). "Giant sticks from Vietnam and China, with three new taxa including the second longest insect known to date (Phasmatodea, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae, Pharnaciini)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 104: 1–38. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2014.104 .
  4. ↑ "Bugs beyond belief! Shining the spotlight on celebrity creepy-crawlies". Guinness World Records. 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  5. ↑ Baggaley, K. (6 May 2016). "World's Longest Insect Is Two Feet Long". PopularScience. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "China breeds world's largest insect". www.xinhuanet.com. 8 August 2017. Archived from the original on January 10, 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
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