''Eurycantha'' is a genus of

Australasia Australasia is a region that comprises Australia, New Zealand and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically, physiogeographically, philologically, and ecologica ...

stick insect 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 ...

s: typical of the tribe

Eurycanthini The Lonchodinae are a subfamily of stick insects in the family Lonchodidae found in: Australasia, Asia, Africa, Southern America and the Pacific. The subfamilies Necrosciinae and Lonchodinae, formerly part of Diapheromeridae, were determined to ...

. It was described by

Jean Baptiste Boisduval Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomol ...

in 1835.

Species

The '' Phasmida Species File'' lists:Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
/ref> * '' Eurycantha calcarata'' Lucas, 1869 - Giant Spiny Stick Insect (synonym ''E. sifia'' Kirby, 1904) * '' Eurycantha coriacea'' (Redtenbacher, 1908) * ''

Eurycantha horrida Eurycantha horrida, the thorny devil walking stick, is a species belonging to the stick insects (order Phasmatodea) and to the family Phasmatidae. Description ''Eurycantha horrida'' can reach a length of about in males, of about in females. T ...

'' Boisduval, 1835 * '' Eurycantha immunis'' Redtenbacher, 1908 * '' Eurycantha insularis'' Lucas, 1869 * '' Eurycantha latro'' Redtenbacher, 1908 * '' Eurycantha maluensis'' Günther, 1929 * '' Eurycantha micracantha'' (Montrouzier, 1855) * '' Eurycantha portentosa'' Kirby, 1904 * '' Eurycantha rosenbergii'' Kaup, 1871

References

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q1378420 Phasmatodea genera Lonchodidae