Nescicroa

Nescicroa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Lonchodidae
Subfamily: Necrosciinae
Tribe: Necrosciini
Genus: Nescicroa
Karny, 1923
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Nescicroa is a genus of tropical Asian stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini, erected by H.H. Karny in 1923. Species have been recorded from India, Indochina, Malesia through to New Guinea.

Species

The Phasmida Species File lists:

  1. Nescicroa angustata (Redtenbacher, 1908)
  2. Nescicroa bonneaui Hennemann & Le Tirant, 2023
  3. Nescicroa gulare (Haan, 1842)
  4. Nescicroa heinrichi Günther, 1935
  5. Nescicroa obliterata (Redtenbacher, 1908)
  6. Nescicroa papuana (Brancsik, 1898)
  7. Nescicroa rammei Günther, 1935
  8. Nescicroa redempta (Redtenbacher, 1908)
  9. Nescicroa resignata (Redtenbacher, 1908)
  10. Nescicroa rivalis (Redtenbacher, 1908)
  11. Nescicroa rojachichiorum (Seow-Choen, 2020)
  12. Nescicroa rufescens Hennemann, 1998
  13. Nescicroa ruficeps (Kirby, 1904)
  14. Nescicroa sanguinata (Redtenbacher, 1908)
  15. Nescicroa smaragdula (Bates, 1865)
  16. Nescicroa splendida Hennemann, 2021
  17. Nescicroa tereticollis (Redtenbacher, 1908)
  18. Nescicroa terminalis (Redtenbacher, 1908) - type species (as Necroscia terminalis Redtenbacher)
  19. Nescicroa tumescens (Redtenbacher, 1908)
  20. Nescicroa viridilineata (Bates, 1865)

References

  1. ↑ Karny HH (1923) Zur Nomenklatur der Phasmoiden. Hortus Botanicus Bogoriensis, Java (Treubia), 3(2), 230–242. Available here
  2. 1 2 Phasmida Species File: genus Nescicroa Karny, 1923 (retrieved 6 June 2026)