Lonchodidae

Lonchodidae

Lonchodidae

Family of stick insects

Lonchodidae[1] is a family of stick insects, with more than 150 genera and 1,000 described species.[2]

Quick Facts Scientific classification ...

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 (Necrosciini)

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

References

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