Presbistus

Presbistus
Presbistus peleus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Aschiphasmatidae
Subfamily: Aschiphasmatinae
Tribe: Aschiphasmatini
Genus: Presbistus
Kirby, 1896
Synonyms

Presbitus Giglio-Tos, 1910

Presbistus is a genus of Asian stick insects in the tribe Aschiphasmatini, erected by William Forsell Kirby in 1896. Species currently have a known distribution in: India, Cambodia, Borneo, Java and Sumatra (but this may be incomplete).

Species

The Phasmida Species File lists:

  1. Presbistus appendiculatus Bragg, 2001
  2. Presbistus asymmetricus Giglio-Tos, 1910
  3. Presbistus crudelis (Westwood, 1859)
  4. Presbistus darnis (Westwood, 1859)
  5. Presbistus flavicornis (de Haan, 1842)
  6. Presbistus infumatus (Charpentier, 1845)
  7. Presbistus marshallae Bragg, 2001
  8. Presbistus peleus (Gray, 1835) - type species (as Perlamorphus peleus Gray; synonym of Presbistus ridleyi Kirby, 1904)
  9. Presbistus viridimarginatus (de Haan, 1842)
  10. Presbistus vitivorus Bresseel & Constant, 2022

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