Rhamphophasma

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Rhamphophasma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Clitumninae
Tribe: Clitumnini
Genus: Rhamphophasma
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893


Rhamphophasma is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Clitumnini, erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1893. [1] Species have been recorded from: China, Vietnam, India, Myanmar and Japan (possibly incomplete). [2]

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Species

The Phasmida Species File [2] lists:

  1. Rhamphophasma dianicum Chen & He, 1994
  2. Rhamphophasma japanicum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
  3. Rhamphophasma mallati Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
  4. Rhamphophasma modestum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 - type species
  5. Rhamphophasma obtusum Ho, 2017
  6. Rhamphophasma pseudomodestum Ho, 2017
  7. Rhamphophasma serratum Ho, 2017
  8. Rhamphophasma spinicorne (Stål, 1875)
  9. Rhamphophasma vile Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907

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References

  1. Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova (2)13(33): 88,92.
  2. 1 2 "Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) Genus Rhamphophasma Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893". Phasmida Species File. Retrieved 3 December 2022.