| Trachythorax | |
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| Trachythorax maculicollis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Lonchodidae |
| Subfamily: | Necrosciinae |
| Tribe: | Necrosciini |
| Genus: | Trachythorax Redtenbacher, 1908 |
Trachythorax [1] is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Lonchodidae and subfamily Necrosciinae. Species have been recorded from the Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia through to New Guinea. [2]
The Phasmida Species File lists: [2]
The family Phylliidae contains the extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkably camouflaged leaf mimics (mimesis) in the entire animal kingdom. They occur from South Asia through Southeast Asia to Australia. Earlier sources treat Phylliidae as a much larger taxon, containing genera in what are presently considered to be several different families.
Agathemera is a genus of stick insects in the suborder Euphasmatodea and superfamily Pseudophasmatoidea. It consists of several species limited to the mountainous regions of Argentina, Chile and Peru.
Hermarchus is a genus of very large stick insects within the order Phasmatodea and the tribe of Stephanacridini. Known species occur in New Guinea, Fiji, Australia, Philippines and New Caledonia.
Necrosciinae is a subfamily of the stick insect family Lonchodidae, with its greatest diversity in South-East Asia.
Asceles is a genus from the stick insect family Diapheromeridae. Some of the species of Asceles have a distribution in Malaysia and Singapore.
Sosibia is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Lonchodidae and subfamily Necrosciinae.
Eurycantha is a genus of stick insects belonging to the family Phasmatidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1835.
Trachythorax sparaxes is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Trachythorax. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.
Trachythorax expallescens is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Trachythorax. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Sipyloidea is a genus of stick insects of the family Lonchodidae. The genus was described by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1893.
Marmessoidea is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Diapheromeridae and subfamily Necrosciinae. The native range of species appears to be from India and South-East Asia to the Wallace line.
Oxyartes is a genus of stick insects in the family Diapheromeridae and subfamily Necrosciinae; species records are from India through to Indochina.
Necroscia is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Diapheromeridae and subfamily Necrosciinae. Species have been recorded from South-East Asia.
Lopaphus is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Diapheromeridae and subfamily Necrosciinae. Species have been recorded from India, China and South-East Asia.
Tirachoidea is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and subfamily Clitumninae.
Calvisia is a genus of stick insects in the subfamily Necrosciinae. Species are known to be distributed in temperate and tropical Asia.
Ramulus westwoodii is a species of stick insect first described by James Wood-Mason in 1873 and named in honour of John O. Westwood.
Neoclides is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Diapheromeridae, subfamily Necrosciinae. Species have a known distribution from: Indo-China, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines and New Guinea.
Aschiphasma is an Asian genus of stick insects in the tribe Aschiphasmatini and is also the type genus for the family. Species currently have a known distribution throughout western Malesia.
The Cladomorphinae are a subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. This taxon is particularly well represented in the Neotropical region, but records also exist for Madagascar, Java and the Maluku Islands.
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