Brockphasma

Brockphasma
Brockphasma spinifemoralis (male and female in captivity)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Lonchodidae
Subfamily: Necrosciinae
Tribe: Necrosciini
Genus: Brockphasma
Ho, Liu, Bresseel & Constant, 2014

Brockphasma is currently a monotypic genus of Asian stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini, erected by G.W.C. Ho, Liu, Bresseel & Constant in 2014. To date, one species has been recorded from Vietnam.

Species

The Phasmida Species File currently only includes Brockphasma spinifemoralis Ho, Liu, Bresseel & Constant, 2014: found in Bạch Mã National Park; the genus was named after the English stick insect specialist Paul Brock.

References

  1. ↑ Ho GWC, Liu X-Y, Bresseel J, Constant J (2014) Brockphasma spinifemoralis gen. et spec. nov.: a new phasmid genus and new species of Neohiraseini (Phasmida: Necrosciinae) from Vietnam, Zootaxa 3826(1): 282-290.
  2. 1 2 "Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) Genus Brockphasma Ho, Liu, Bresseel & Constant, 2014". Phasmida Species File. Retrieved 26 November 2022.