''Metentoria'' is a genus 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 tribe
Clitumnini, erected by
Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl
Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl (13 June 1823, Bern – 24 August 1914, Kirchdorf) was a Swiss entomologist who specialised in Orthoptera, and a botanist.
Von Wattenwyl was a postmaster. He described many new taxa of Orthoptera.
His collection is ...
in 1907.
[Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1907) ''Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. II.'' Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). Phasmiden: 211.] Species have been recorded from: India and Vietnam (possibly an incomplete distribution).
Species
The ''Phasmida Species File''
[ lists:
# '' Metentoria regina'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 - type species
# '' Metentoria regulus'' (Westwood, 1859)
]
References
External links
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Phasmatodea genera
Phasmatodea of Asia
Phasmatidae