Acanthoxylini
[Leach (1815) In Brewster, D. ''The Edinburgh Encyclopedia'' 9(1): 119.] is a
tribe
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of
Phasmatodea
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 D ...
s (stick insects and relatives). They belong to the "typical" stick insects of the
superfamily
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Anareolatae
The Euphasmatodea, also known by its junior synonym Verophasmatodea is a suborder of the Phasmatodea, which contains the vast majority of the extant species of stick and leaf insects, excluding the Timematodea. The oldest record of Euphasmatodea ...
, though they are rather notable among these. For example, the
New Zealand giant stick insect (the only species of ''Argosarchus'') is huge, and all ''
Acanthoxyla
''Acanthoxyla'' is a genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae (tribe Acanthoxylini). All the individuals of the genus are female and reproduce asexually by parthenogenesis. However, a male '' Acanthoxyla inermis'' was recently discovere ...
'' are females reproducing by
parthenogenesis
Parthenogenesis (; from the Greek grc, παρθένος, translit=parthénos, lit=virgin, label=none + grc, γένεσις, translit=génesis, lit=creation, label=none) is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which growth and developmen ...
.
Genera
The following
genera
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are currently recognized:
[
# '']Acanthoxyla
''Acanthoxyla'' is a genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae (tribe Acanthoxylini). All the individuals of the genus are female and reproduce asexually by parthenogenesis. However, a male '' Acanthoxyla inermis'' was recently discovere ...
'' Uvarov, 1944
# ''Argosarchus
''Argosarchus'' is a monotypic genus in the family Phasmatidae containing the single species ''Argosarchus horridus'', or the New Zealand bristly stick insect, a stick insect endemic to New Zealand (''Argosarchus spiniger'' is now considered a j ...
'' Hutton
# ''Clitarchus Clitarchus may refer to:
* Cleitarchus, a Greek historian active in the late 4th century BCE
* Cleitarchus of Eretria, a Greek tyrant who lived in the 4th century BCE
* ''Clitarchus'' (phasmid), a genus of insects in the family Phasmatidae
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'' Stål, 1875
# '' Pseudoclitarchus'' Salmon, 1991
# ''Tepakiphasma
''Tepakiphasma ngatikuri'' is a stick insect of the family Phasmatidae, endemic to a single patch of forest near the northernmost tip of the North Island, New Zealand. It was not discovered until 2008, and is the only member of the genus ''Tepaki ...
'' Buckley and Bradler, 2010
See also
* List of stick insects of New Zealand
Stick insects in New Zealand are found in a range of different environments, from cold high alpine areas to dry coastal bush. There are currently 23 different species described, from 10 genera . The most common species of the stick insect in New ...
References
External links
The Phasmid Study Group: Acanthoxylini
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Phasmatodea
Phasmatodea tribes