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''Phasma'' is a genus of stick insects in the family
Phasmatidae The Phasmatidae are a family (biology), family of the stick insects (order (biology), order Phasmatodea). They belong to the Superfamily (zoology), superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea. Like many of their relatives, the Phasmatida ...
, subfamily
Phasmatinae The Phasmatinae are a subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. They contain at least three tribes; Bradley and Galil corrected the spelling to "Phasmatinae" and provides a key to tribes. Tribes and genera The ''Phasmida Species Fil ...
and tribe Phasmatini. It is found in
Wallacea Wallacea is a biogeography, biogeographical designation for a group of mainly list of islands of Indonesia, Indonesian islands separated by deep-water straits from the Asian and Australia (continent), Australian continental shelf, continental ...
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New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...
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Species

The
Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxono ...
lists: * '' Phasma gigas'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – type species (as ''Phasma empusa'' Lichtenstein) * '' Phasma marosense'' Hennemann, 1998 * '' Phasma reinwardtii'' Haan, 1842


Additional images

File:Phasma-reinwardtii-female.jpg, Adult female '' Phasma reinwardtii'' specimen


References


External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q10626677 Phasmatodea genera Phasmatodea of Asia