''Aschiphasma''Westwood JO (1834) ''Zoological Journal'' 5(20): 442. is an Asian genus of

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Aschiphasmatini and is also the

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. Species currently have a known distribution throughout western

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Species

''Aschiphasma'' includes the following species: * '' Aschiphasma annulipes'' Westwood, 1834 - type species, locality

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* '' Aschiphasma piceum'' Redtenbacher, 1906 ** synonyms: ''A. modestum'' Redtenbacher, 1906, ''A. viridilineatum'' Redtenbacher, 1906

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q10419259 Phasmatodea genera Phasmatodea of Asia Taxa named by John O. Westwood