Phasmatinae
Subfamily of stick insects
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::summary Subfamily of stick insects ::
| image = Ctenomorpha chronus02.jpg | image_caption = Ctenomorpha chronus (Phasmatini) | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Phasmatinae | authority = Leach, 1815 | subdivision_ranks = Tribes | subdivision = See text | synonyms = * Acrophyllini Redtenbacher, 1908
- Phasminae Leach, 1815
- Phasminae Karny, 1923
The Phasmatinae are a subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. They contain at least three tribes; Bradley and Galil corrected the spelling to "Phasmatinae" and provides a key to tribes.
Tribes and genera
The Phasmida Species File lists three tribes:
Acanthomimini
Authority: Günther, 1953; distribution Australasia
- Acanthomima Kirby, 1904
- Anophelepis Westwood, 1859
- Arphax Stål, 1875
- Echetlus (phasmid) Stål, 1875
- Mauritiophasma Cliquennois & Brock, 2004
- Vasilissa Kirby, 1896
[[Acanthoxylini]]
Authority: Bradley & Galil, 1977
- Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944
- Argosarchus Hutton, 1898
- Clitarchus Stål, 1875
- Pseudoclitarchus Salmon, 1991
- Tepakiphasma Buckley & Bradler, 2010
[[Phasmatini]]
Selected genera (mostly from Australasia and SE Asia):
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835
- Anchiale Stål, 1875
- Eurycnema Audinet-Serville, 1838
- Onchestus Stål, 1877
- Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796
Inclusion of Other Tribes
Some treatments include up to seven tribes in this subfamily. The Clitumnini and Pharnaciini are here separated in a distinct subfamily Clitumninae, and while the Achriopterini and Stephanacridini have also been placed in the Phasmatinae, other authors treat them as tribes incertae sedis among the Phasmatidae as is done here.
References
References
- Bradley JR Galil (1977) ''Proceedings of the Entomological Society, Washington'' 79(2): 192.
- [http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1201239 Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)]
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