Anisacanthidae
| Anisacanthidae | |
|---|---|
   | |
| Parectatosoma sp. | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Phasmatodea | 
| Superfamily: | Bacilloidea | 
| Family: | Günther, 1953  | 
Anisacanthidae is a family of stick insects in the superfamily Bacilloidea. There are at least 30 described species in Anisacanthidae, all from Madagascar.[1][2][3]
Genera
The Phasmida Species File includes 3 subfamilies:[1]
Anisacanthinae
Monotypic subfamily: all in tribe Anisacanthini Günther, 1953
- Anisacantha Redtenbacher, 1906
 - Paranisacantha Cliquennois, 2008
 - Parectatosoma Wood-Mason, 1879
 - Somacantha Cliquennois, 2008
 
Leiophasmatinae
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Auth. Cliquennois, 2008
- Adelophasma Cliquennois, 2018
 - Amphiphasma Cliquennois, 2008
 - Leiophasma Uvarov, 1940
 
Xerantherinae
Auth. Cliquennois, 2008
- Archantherix Cliquennois, 2008
 - Cenantherix Cliquennois, 2008
 - Parorobia Chopard, 1952
 - Xerantherix Brancsik, 1893
 
References
- ^ a b Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 15 March 2024)
 - ^ "Browse Anisacanthidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
 - ^ "Anisacanthidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
 
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
 - Borror, Donald J.; Peterson, Roger Tory; White, Richard E. (1998). A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0395911709.
 - 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 (2): 176–208. ISSN 0013-8797.
 - Brock, Paul D. (1999). The amazing world of stick and leaf-insects. The Amateur Entomologist. Vol. 26. The Amateur Entomologists' Society. ISBN 0-900054-63-8.
 - Gillott, Cedric (1980). Entomology. Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-40366-8.
 - Kellogg, Vernon L. (1905). American insects. H. Holt.
 - Majka, C. (2009). "Thomas L. Casey and Rhode Island". ZooKeys (22): 267–283. Bibcode:2009ZooK...22..267M. doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.93.
 - Misof, B.; Liu, S.; Meusemann, K.; Peters, R.S.; et al. (2014). "Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution". Science. 346 (6210): 763–767. Bibcode:2014Sci...346..763M. doi:10.1126/science.1257570. PMID 25378627. S2CID 36008925.
 - Otte, Daniel; Brock, Paul (2005). Phasmida Species File: Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the World (2nd ed.). Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. ISBN 1-929014-08-2.
 
External links
 Media related to Anisacanthidae at Wikimedia Commons
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