Lonchodinae

Lonchodinae
Eurycantha horrida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Lonchodidae
Subfamily: Lonchodinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

The Lonchodinae are a subfamily of stick insects in the family Lonchodidae found in: Australasia, Asia, Africa, Southern America and the Pacific.

The subfamilies Necrosciinae and Lonchodinae, formerly part of Diapheromeridae, were determined to make up a separate family and were transferred to the re-established family Lonchodidae in 2018.

Tribes and genera

The Phasmida Species File lists two established tribes:

Eurycanthini

Authority: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Lonchodini

Authority: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (synonym Menexenini)

Carausius morosus

Incertae Sedis and Re-Named

The tribe Neohiraseini Hennemann & Conle, 2008 is now considered a junior synonym in the family Diapheromeridae: subfamily Necrosciinae.


References

  1. ↑ Robertson, James A.; Bradler, Sven; Whiting, Michael F. (2018). "Evolution of Oviposition Techniques in Stick and Leaf Insects (Phasmatodea)". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6. doi:10.3389/fevo.2018.00216.
  2. ↑ Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)