Megacraniinae

Megacraniinae
Megacrania phelaus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Suborder: Euphasmatodea
Infraorder: Anareolatae
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily:
Hennemann, 2020

The Megacraniinae[1] are an anareolate subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. Their known distribution includes Malesia and islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans.[2] Several genera have been revised and were placed previously in the Platycraninae.

Genera

The Phasmida Species File lists:[2]

  • Acanthograeffea Günther, 1932
  • Apterograeffea Cliquennois & Brock, 2002
  • Davidrentzia - monotypic D. valida Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
  • Erastus Redtenbacher, 1908
  • Graeffea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1868
  • Megacrania Kaup, 1871
  • Ophicrania Kaup, 1871
  • Xenomaches Kirby, 1896 - monotypic Xenomaches incommodus (Butler, 1876)

References

  1. ^ Hennemann (2020) Zootaxa 4896(2): 151.
  2. ^ a b Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 13 February 2021)
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