Anisacanthidae

Anisacanthidae is a family of walkingsticks in the order Phasmatodea. There are about 10 genera and at least 30 described species in Anisacanthidae.[1][2]

Anisacanthidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Superfamily:	Bacilloidea
Family:	Anisacanthidae

Genera

These 10 genera belong to the family Anisacanthidae:

• Amphiphasma ^{c g}
• Anisacantha ^{c g}
• Archantherix ^{c g}
• Cenantherix ^{c g}
• Leiophasma ^{c g}
• Paranisacantha ^{c g}
• Parectatosoma ^{c g}
• Parorobia ^{c g}
• Somacantha ^{c g}
• Xerantherix ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[1] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net

References

1. "Browse Anisacanthidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
2. "Anisacanthidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
3. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". 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. 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. 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. doi:10.1126/science.1257570. PMID 25378627.
• 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.