The MegacraniinaeHennemann (2020) ''Zootaxa'' 4896(2): 151. are an anareolate subfamily of

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 in the family

Phasmatidae The Phasmatidae are a family of the stick insects ( order Phasmatodea). They belong to the superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea. Like many of their relatives, the Phasmatidae are capable of regenerating limbs and commonly repr ...

. Their known distribution includes

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The ...

and islands in the

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

and Indian oceans.Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 13 February 2021)
/ref> Several genera have been revised and were placed previously in the

Platycraninae The PlatycraninaeBrunner von Wattenwyl (1893) ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova'' (2)13 (33): 97. are an anareolate subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. Their known distribution includes southe ...

Genera

The Phasmida Species File lists: * '' Acanthograeffea'' Günther, 1932 * '' Apterograeffea'' Cliquennois & Brock, 2002 * '' Davidrentzia'' - monotypic ''D. valida'' Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007 * ''

Erastus Erastus is a masculine given name which may refer to: Biblical figures: * Erastus of Corinth, in the New Testament of the Bible People: * Erastus of Scepsis, 4th century BC student of Plato * Erastus Newton Bates (1828–1898), American politicia ...

'' Redtenbacher, 1908 * '' Graeffea'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1868 * '' Megacrania'' Kaup, 1871 * '' Ophicrania'' Kaup, 1871 * '' Xenomaches'' Kirby, 1896 - monotypic '' Xenomaches incommodus'' (Butler, 1876)

References

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q105470498 Phasmatodea subfamilies Phasmatodea of Asia