''Prisopus'' 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 belonging to the family

Prisopodidae ''Prisopodidae'' is a family of stick insects belonging to the suborder Verophasmatodea and superfamily Aschiphasmatoidea; they can be found in Central and South America, South Africa, India, Indo-China and Malesia. Genera The Catalogue of Lif ...

. These stick insects are present in Central and South America, India and Malesia.

Species

Species within this genus include: * '' Prisopus amapa'' Piza, 1979 * '' Prisopus apteros'' Camousseight, 2010 * '' Prisopus ariadne'' Hebard, 1923 * '' Prisopus atrobrunneus'' (Heleodoro & Rafael, 2020) * '' Prisopus berosus'' Westwood, 1859 * '' Prisopus bifidus'' Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez, 2011 * '' Prisopus biolleyi'' Carl, 1913 * '' Prisopus brunnescens'' (Heleodoro & Rafael, 2020) * '' Prisopus caatingaensis'' (Heleodoro & Rafael, 2020) * '' Prisopus cepus'' Westwood, 1859 * '' Prisopus clarus'' Conle, Hennemann, Bellanger, Lelong, Jourdan & Valero, 2020 * '' Prisopus conocephalus'' Conle, Hennemann, Bellanger, Lelong, Jourdan & Valero, 2020 * '' Prisopus draco'' (Olivier, 1792) * '' Prisopus horridus'' (Gray, 1835) * '' Prisopus horstokkii'' (Haan, 1842) * '' Prisopus minimus'' Chopard, 1911 * '' Prisopus nanus'' Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez, 2011 * '' Prisopus occipitalis'' Dohrn, 1910 * '' Prisopus ohrtmanni'' (Lichtenstein, 1802) * '' Prisopus phacellus'' Westwood, 1859 * '' Prisopus piperinus'' Redtenbacher, 1906 * '' Prisopus sacratus'' (Olivier, 1792) * '' Prisopus villosipes'' (Redtenbacher, 1906) * '' Prisopus wolfgangjunki'' Zompro, 2003

References

Phasmatodea genera Taxa named by Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier Taxa named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville {{phasmatodea-stub