PhasmatiniLeach (1815) In Brewster, D. ''The Edinburgh Encyclopedia'' 9: 119. is a tribe 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 ...

. There are more than 40 described species, found in Australasia, Asia and possibly Brazil.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Phasmatini: * '' Acrophylla'' Gray, 1835 * ''

Anchiale Anchiale ( grc, Ἀγχιάλη) or Anchialeia was a historic city of ancient Cilicia now a part of modern Mersin, Turkey. It was inhabited during the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine eras. History The main informant about Anchiale was Strabo ...

'' Stål, 1875 * '' Cigarrophasma'' Brock & Hasenpusch, 2001 (

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

'' Cigarrophasma tessellatum'') * ''

Ctenomorpha ''Ctenomorpha'' is a genus of phasmids belonging to the family Phasmatidae. The species of this genus are found in Australia. Species: *'' Ctenomorpha gargantua'' *''Ctenomorpha marginipennis ''Ctenomorpha marginipennis'', the margin-win ...

'' Gray, 1833 * '' Dryococelus'' Gurney, 1947 (monotypic) * '' Eurycnema'' Serville, 1838 * ''

Onchestus Onchestos or Onchestus ( el, Ογχηστός) was a Greek town in ancient Boeotia northwest of Thebes. In ancient times it was famous for its sanctuary of Poseidon. The site has been excavated intermittently since the 1960s. It was in the terri ...

'' Stål, 1877 * '' Paractenomorpha'' Hennemann & Conle, 2004 (monotypic '' Paractenomorpha baehri'') * '' Paracyphocrania'' Redtenbacher, 1908 * '' Paronchestus'' Redtenbacher, 1908 * '' Peloriana'' Uvarov, 1940 (monotypic '' Peloriana lobiceps'') * '' Phasma'' Lichtenstein, 1796

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