Aschiphasmatidae

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

Aschiphasmatidae
Aschiphasma annulipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Infraorder:	Areolatae
Family:	Aschiphasmatidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Synonyms
Xylobistinae Zompro, 2004

Dinophasma braggi

Orthomeria alexis

Genera

These 19 genera belong to the family Aschiphasmatidae:

• Abrosoma Redtenbacher, 1906
• Anoplobistus Bragg, 2001
• Aschiphasma Westwood, 1834
• Chlorobistus Bragg, 2001
• Coloratobistus Zompro, 2004
• Dajaca Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
• 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

References

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

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. 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.

External links

• Media related to Aschiphasmatidae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Aschiphasmatidae at Wikispecies