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''Acanthoderus''Gray GR (1835) ''Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae'' 14. is a
monotypic genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
of
stick insects The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida, Phasmatoptera or Spectra) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick-bugs, walking sticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred to as ...
in the tribe Pachymorphini. The single species ''Acanthoderus spinosus'' has a known distribution in Australia.Phasmida Species File: genus ''Acanthoderus'' Gray, 1835 (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 19 July 2021)
/ref> From 1859 until 1875 the similar but unrelated ''
Hoploclonia gecko ''Hoploclonia gecko'' is a relatively small, spiny and darkly colored stick insect species that is native to the northwest of Borneo. Taxonomy Alfred Russel Wallace collected in Sarawak in 1858 a number ofspecimens, but did not leave any more ...
'' was placed in the genus ''Acanthoderus''.


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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q104626457 Phasmatodea genera