Lonchodidae

Lonchodidae[1] is a family of walking sticks in the order Phasmatodea. There are more than 150 genera and 1,000 described species in Lonchodidae.[2]

Lonchodidae
Acanthomenexenus polyacanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Infraorder: Anareolatae
Family: Lonchodidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

The subfamilies Necrosciinae and Lonchodinae, formerly part of Diapheromeridae, were determined to make up a separate family and were transferred to the re-established family Lonchodidae in 2018.[3]

Trachythorax maculicollis

Subfamilies and Tribes
  • Lonchodinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
    • tribe Eurycanthini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
    • tribe Lonchodini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
    • tribe not determined
      • genus Megalophasma Bi, 1995
      • genus Papuacocelus Hennemann & Conle, 2006
  • Necrosciinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
    • tribe Necrosciini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
    • tribe not determined
      • genus Conlephasma Gottardo & Heller, 2012
      • genus Gibbernecroscia Brock, Hasenpusch & Petrović, 2019

References
  1. Brunner von Wattenwyl (1893) Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova (2)13(33): 80.
  2. "Lonchodidae". GBIF. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  3. 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.
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