''Agathemera'' is a genus of

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in the suborder

Euphasmatodea The Euphasmatodea, also known by its junior synonym Verophasmatodea is a suborder of the Phasmatodea, which contains the vast majority of the extant species of stick and leaf insects, excluding the Timematodea. The oldest record of Euphasmatodea ...

and superfamily

Pseudophasmatoidea The Euphasmatodea, also known by its junior synonym Verophasmatodea is a suborder of the Phasmatodea, which contains the vast majority of the extant species of stick and leaf insects, excluding the Timematodea. The oldest record of Euphasmato ...

. It consists of several species limited to the mountainous regions of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru.Phasmida Species File: genus ''Agathemera'' Stål, 1875 (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 27 May 2021)
/ref> This genus is the sole representative of the

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Agathemeridae and tribe Agathemerini; it was also placed in the suborder Agathemerodea, but the latter is now considered of doubtful validity.Phasmida Species File: nomen dubium Agathemerodea (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 27 May 2021)
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Species

The ''Phasmida Species File'' includes following species: # '' Agathemera claraziana'' ( Saussure, 1868) # '' Agathemera crassa'' (

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, 1851) - type species (as ''Anisomorpha pardalina'' Westwood) # ''

Agathemera elegans ''Agathemera'' is a genus of stick insects in the suborder Euphasmatodea and superfamily Pseudophasmatoidea. It consists of several species limited to the mountainous regions of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. This genus is the sole represe ...

'' (Philippi, 1863) # '' Agathemera grylloides'' ( Westwood, 1859) # ''

Agathemera luteola ''Agathemera'' is a genus of stick insects in the suborder Euphasmatodea and superfamily Pseudophasmatoidea. It consists of several species limited to the mountainous regions of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. This genus is the sole represe ...

'' Camousseight, 2006 # '' Agathemera maculafulgens'' Camousseight, 1995 # '' Agathemera mesoauriculae'' Camousseight, 1995 # '' Agathemera millepunctata'' Redtenbacher, 1906

References

External links

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Phasmid Study Group: Agathemerodea
{{Taxonbar, from1=Q13600162, from2=Q12780029 Phasmatodea genera Insects of South America Taxa named by Carl Stål