''Sipyloidea'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

stick insects 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 ...

of the

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Lonchodidae LonchodidaeBrunner von Wattenwyl (1893) ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova'' (2)13(33): 80. is a family of stick insects, with more than 150 genera and 1,000 described species. The subfamilies Necrosciinae and ...

. Species have been recorded from India, China,

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

, through to Australasia.Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 5 December 2022)
/ref> The genus was described by

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 1893.

Species

The ''Phasmida Species File'' lists: # '' Sipyloidea abnormis'' Redtenbacher, 1908 # '' Sipyloidea acanthonotus'' Günther, 1938 # '' Sipyloidea acutipennis'' (Bates, 1865) # '' Sipyloidea adelpha'' Günther, 1940 # '' Sipyloidea albogeniculata'' Redtenbacher, 1908 # '' Sipyloidea atricoxis'' (Westwood, 1859) # '' Sipyloidea bella'' (Tepper, 1905) # '' Sipyloidea biplagiata'' Redtenbacher, 1908 # '' Sipyloidea bistriolata'' Redtenbacher, 1908 # '' Sipyloidea brevialata'' Redtenbacher, 1908 # '' Sipyloidea brevicerca'' Chen & He, 2008 # '' Sipyloidea brevicerci'' Hasenpusch & Brock, 2007 # '' Sipyloidea caeca'' (Sjöstedt, 1918) # '' Sipyloidea cavata'' Chen & He, 1993 # '' Sipyloidea ceramia'' (Westwood, 1859) # '' Sipyloidea ceylonica'' (Saussure, 1868) # '' Sipyloidea completa'' Chen & He, 1993 # '' Sipyloidea doleschali'' Redtenbacher, 1908 # '' Sipyloidea eurynome'' (Stål, 1877) # '' Sipyloidea excellens'' Günther, 1929 # '' Sipyloidea foenosa'' Redtenbacher, 1908 # '' Sipyloidea fontanesina'' Giglio-Tos, 1910 # '' Sipyloidea garradungensis'' Hasenpusch & Brock, 2007 # '' Sipyloidea gracilipes'' (Sjöstedt, 1918) # '' Sipyloidea gularis'' (de Haan, 1842) # '' Sipyloidea inscia'' Redtenbacher, 1908 # '' Sipyloidea larryi'' Hasenpusch & Brock, 2007 # '' Sipyloidea lewisensis'' Hasenpusch & Brock, 2007 # '' Sipyloidea nelida'' John, Rentz & Contreras, 1987 # '' Sipyloidea nitida'' Günther, 1938 # '' Sipyloidea okunii'' Shiraki, 1935 # '' Sipyloidea panaetius'' (Westwood, 1859) # '' Sipyloidea rentzi'' Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007 # '' Sipyloidea reticulata'' Günther, 1930 # '' Sipyloidea robusta'' Günther, 1936 # '' Sipyloidea samsoo'' (Westwood, 1859) # '' Sipyloidea shukmunae'' Seow-Choen, 2018 # '' Sipyloidea similis'' Rentz & John, 1987 # '' Sipyloidea sipylus'' (Westwood, 1859) - type species (as '' Necroscia sipylus'' Westwood) # '' Sipyloidea stigmata'' Redtenbacher, 1908 # '' Sipyloidea supervacanea'' Redtenbacher, 1908 # '' Sipyloidea tuberculata'' Ho, 2017 # '' Sipyloidea warasaca'' (Westwood, 1859) # '' Sipyloidea whitei'' Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007 # '' Sipyloidea wuzhishanensis'' (Chen & He, 2002)

References

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q1289018 Lonchodidae Phasmatodea genera Phasmatodea of Asia