''Extatosoma''
[Gray GR (1833) ''The Entomology of Australia, in a series of monographs.'' Part 1 containing the monograph of the genus Phasma 23.] is a genus of
phasmids, in the monotypic subfamily Extatosomatinae, with two species. One occurs in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
, one in
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
. Both have a colour morph imitating leaves, and one imitating lichen.
Name
The genus name is derived from
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...
''έκστασις'' "to be outside oneself" and ''soma'' "body".
Species
The ''Phasmida Species File''
[Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 6 February 2021)]
/ref> lists:
* '' Extatosoma popa'' Stål, 1875 (New Guinea)
* ''Extatosoma tiaratum
''Extatosoma tiaratum'', commonly known as the spiny leaf insect, the giant prickly stick insect, Macleay's spectre, or the Australian walking stick, is a large species of Australian stick insect endemic to Australia. The species has the Phasmi ...
'' ( Macleay, 1826) - type species (Australia)
References
External links
Phasmid Study Group: Extatosoma
Pictures and descriptions of subspecies
(in French)
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Phasmatodea genera
Insects of Australia
Phasmatidae
Taxa named by George Robert Gray