''Cranidium''
[Westwood (1843) ''The Arcana Museum of Nature'' 2: 49.] is an
monotypic genus
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
of
stick insects
The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida, Phasmatoptera or Spectra) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick-bugs, walking sticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred to as ...
in the monotypic tribe Cranidiini. The single species ''Cranidium gibbosum'' has been recorded from northern Brazil, French Guiana and Surinam.
[Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 3 July 2021)]
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Phasmatodea genera
Monotypic insect genera
Phasmatodea of South America