Aschiphasmatidae

Family of stick insects

Aschiphasmatidae
Aschiphasma annulipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Superfamily: Aschiphasmatoidea
Family: Aschiphasmatidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Synonyms

Xylobistinae Zompro, 2004

Dinophasma braggi
Orthomeria alexis

Aschiphasmatidae[1] are a family of stick insects belonging to the suborder Verophasmatodea; they can be found in Indomalaya.[2]

Tribes and genera

These genera all belong to the subfamily Aschiphasmatinae, placed in two tribes:[2]

Aschiphasmatini

Authority: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

  • Abrosoma Redtenbacher, 1906
  • Anoplobistus Bragg, 2001
  • Aschiphasma Westwood, 1834
  • Chlorobistus Bragg, 2001
  • Coloratobistus Zompro, 2004
  • Dallaiphasma Gottardo, 2011
  • Dinophasma Uvarov, 1940
  • Duocornubistus Seow-Choen, 2017
  • Eurybistus Bragg, 2001
  • Kerabistus Bragg, 2001
  • Leurophasma Bi, 1995
  • Ommatopseudes Günther, 1942
  • Orthomeria Kirby, 1904
  • Parabrosoma Giglio-Tos, 1910
  • Parorthomeria Bragg, 2006
  • Pectodajaca Seow-Choen, 2018
  • Presbistus Kirby, 1896
  • Yongtsuius Bragg, 2001

Dajacini

Monotypic, authority: Bragg, 2001

  • Dajaca Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

References

  1. ^ "Aschiphasmatidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  2. ^ a b Brock, Paul D.; Otte, Daniel (2021). "family Aschiphasmatidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893". Phasmida species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2021-02-27.

Further reading

  • Bradley, James Chester; Galil, Bella S. (1977). "The taxonomic arrangement of the Phasmatodea with keys to the subfamilies and tribes". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 79: 176–208. ISSN 0013-8797.
  • Brock, Paul D. (1999). The amazing world of stick and leaf-insects. The Amateur Entomologist Series. Vol. 26. The Amateur Entomologists' Society. ISBN 978-0-900054-63-1.
  • Robertson, James A.; Bradler, Sven; Whiting, Michael F. (2018). "Evolution of Oviposition Techniques in Stick and Leaf Insects (Phasmatodea)". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6. doi:10.3389/fevo.2018.00216.
  • Media related to Aschiphasmatidae at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Aschiphasmatidae at Wikispecies
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Extant Phasmatodea families
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Subclass: Pterygota
  • Infraclass: Neoptera
  • Superorder: Orthopterida
Agathemerodea
Timematodea
Verophasmatodea
Anareolatae
Areolatae
Taxon identifiers
Aschiphasmatidae