Presbistus

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Presbistus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Aschiphasmatidae
Subfamily: Aschiphasmatinae
Tribe: Aschiphasmatini
Genus: Presbistus
Kirby, 1896
Synonyms

Presbitus Giglio-Tos, 1910

Presbistus [1] is a 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 (but this may be incomplete). [2]

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Species

The Phasmida Species File lists: [2]

  1. Presbistus appendiculatus Bragg, 2001
  2. Presbistus asymmetricus Giglio-Tos, 1910
  3. Presbistus crudelis (Westwood, 1859)
  4. Presbistus darnis (Westwood, 1859)
  5. Presbistus flavicornis (de Haan, 1842)
  6. Presbistus infumatus (Charpentier, 1845)
  7. Presbistus marshallae Bragg, 2001
  8. Presbistus peleus (Gray, 1835) - type species (as Perlamorphus peleusGray; synonym of Presbistus ridleyiKirby, 1904)
  9. Presbistus viridimarginatus (de Haan, 1842)
  10. Presbistus vitivorus Bresseel & Constant, 2022

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