''Anostostoma'' is the type genus of the
family
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Anostostomatidae
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and consists of five species of insect,
endemic
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to
Australia
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.
Included species
* ''
Anostostoma australasiae''
Gray, 1837
* ''
Anostostoma erinaceum''
(Burmeister, 1838)
* ''
Anostostoma femorale''
Walker, 1869
* ''
Anostostoma opacum''
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888
* ''
Anostostoma spinosum''
Karny, 1930
Formerly included
* ''
Stenopelmatus toltecus''
(Saussure, 1861)''Stenopelmatus toltecus''
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References
Wētā
Ensifera genera
Anostostomatidae
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