Acrophylla
Genus of stick insects
title: "Acrophylla" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["phasmatodea-genera", "taxa-named-by-george-robert-gray", "phasmatodea-of-australia"] description: "Genus of stick insects" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrophylla" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of stick insects ::
| image = Acrophylla wuelfingi male.jpg | image_caption = Acrophylla wuelfingi male specimen | taxon = Acrophylla | authority = Gray, 1835 | synonyms = * Vetilia Redtenbacher, 1908 | synonyms_ref =
Acrophylla is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Phasmatini, erected by George Robert Gray in 1835. Species are found in Sichuan, Australia, New Guinea and surrounding islands such as Tasmania and Larat.
Species
The Phasmida Species File includes:
- Acrophylla alta
- Acrophylla bhaskarai
- Acrophylla cookorum
- Acrophylla enceladus
- Acrophylla maindroni
- Acrophylla nubilosa
- Acrophylla sichuanensis
- Acrophylla thoon
- Acrophylla titan - type species (as Phasma titan )
- Acrophylla wuelfingi
References
References
- Gray GR (1835) In: ''Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae.'' Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, London. 1–48 pp. [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8697 Available here]
- [https://phasmida.speciesfile.org/otus/853179/overview Phasmida Species File: genus ''Acrophylla'' Gray, 1835.] (retrieved 31 July 2025)
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