| Woodmasonia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Phasmatidae |
| Subfamily: | Clitumninae |
| Tribe: | Clitumnini |
| Genus: | Woodmasonia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 |
| Species: | W. oxytenes |
| Binomial name | |
| Woodmasonia oxytenes (Wood-Mason, 1873) | |
Woodmasonia is a monotypic genus of phasmids belonging to the family Phasmatidae. The only species is Woodmasonia oxytenes, recorded from Myanmar. [1]
James Wood-Mason was an English zoologist. He was the director of the Indian Museum at Calcutta, after John Anderson. He collected marine animals and lepidoptera, but is best known for his work on two other groups of insects, phasmids and mantises.
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.
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