''Acanthoderus''Gray GR (1835) ''Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae'' 14. is a monotypic genus 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 Pachymorphinae is a subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. Genera are primarily found in Africa, Asia and Australia. Tribes and genera The ''Phasmida Species File'' lists two tribes ( Gratidiini has been moved): Hemipachymorphi ...

. 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''. Hoploclonia gecko - Westwood 1859

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q104626457 Phasmatodea genera