''Agathemera'' is a genus of
stick insects
The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick bugs, walkingsticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred to as Devil's dar ...
in the suborder
Euphasmatodea
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 ...
and superfamily
Pseudophasmatoidea. It consists of several species limited to the mountainous regions of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru.
[Phasmida Species File: genus ''Agathemera'' Stål, 1875 (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 27 May 2021)]
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This genus is the sole representative of the monotypic family Agathemeridae and tribe Agathemerini; it was also placed in the suborder Agathemerodea, but the latter is now considered of doubtful validity.Phasmida Species File: nomen dubium Agathemerodea (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 27 May 2021)
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Species
The ''Phasmida Species File'' includes following species:[
# '' Agathemera claraziana'' ( Saussure, 1868)
# '' Agathemera crassa'' (]Blanchard
Blanchard is a French family name. It is also used as a given name. It derives from the Old French word ''blanchart'' which meant "whitish, bordering upon white". It is also an obsolete term for a white horse.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, ...
, 1851) - type species (as ''Anisomorpha pardalina'' Westwood)
# '' Agathemera elegans'' (Philippi, 1863)
# '' Agathemera grylloides'' ( Westwood, 1859)
# '' Agathemera luteola'' Camousseight, 2006
# '' Agathemera maculafulgens'' Camousseight, 1995
# '' Agathemera mesoauriculae'' Camousseight, 1995
# '' Agathemera millepunctata'' Redtenbacher, 1906
References
External links
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Phasmid Study Group: Agathemerodea
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Phasmatodea genera
Phasmatodea of South America
Taxa named by Carl Stål