The Xeroderinae
[Günther (1953) ''Beiträge zur Entomologie, Berlin'' 3(5): 547.] are a sub-family 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 D ...
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 reprodu ...
: genera are found in tropical Asia and Australasia; there is a single tribe: the Xeroderini
Günther, 1953.
Genera
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Caledoniophasma'' Günther, 1953
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Cnipsus'' Zompro, 2001
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Dimorphodes'' Wood-Mason, 1878
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Epicharmus'' Westwood, 1859
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Leosthenes'' Stål, 1875
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Nisyrus ''Nisyrus'' may mean:
* ''Nisyrus (insect)'', the genus of stick insects in subfamily Xeroderinae
The XeroderinaeGünther (1953) ''Beiträge zur Entomologie, Berlin'' 3(5): 547. are a sub-family of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae: genera ...
'' Stål, 1875 (synonym ''
Cotylosoma
''Nisyrus'' is a genus of stick insects belonging to the tribe Xeroderini and found in the Pacific Islands
Collectively called the Pacific Islands, the islands in the Pacific Ocean are further categorized into three major island groups: Melan ...
'' Wood-Mason, 1878)
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Sinoxenophasmina'' Ho, 2021
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Xenophasmina
''Xenophasmina'' Uvarov BP (1940) ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.'' (11)6: 379. is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and subfamily Xeroderinae. Species have a known distribution from Indo-China
Mainland Southeast Asia, also ...
'' Uvarov, 1940
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Xeroderus'' Gray, 1835
References
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Phasmatidae
Phasmatodea subfamilies
Phasmatodea of Asia