The Cladomorphinae
[Brunner von Wattenwyl (1893) ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova'' (2)13(33): 98.] are a subfamily of
stick insect
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 in the family
Phasmatidae
The Phasmatidae are a family of the stick insects (order Phasmatodea). They belong to the superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea.
Like many of their relatives, the Phasmatidae are capable of regenerating limbs and commonly reprodu ...
. This taxon is particularly well represented in the
Neotropical
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Definition
In bi ...
region, but records (under review) also exist for
Madagascar
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,
Java
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and the
Maluku Islands
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Tribes and Genera
The ''Phasmida Species File''[Phasmida Species File: subfamily Cladomorphinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 3 July 2021)]
/ref> currently (2021) lists seven tribes:
Cladomorphini
Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
# '' Aplopocranidium'' Zompro, 2004
# '' Cladomorphus'' Gray, 1835
# ''Hirtuleius
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'' Stål, 1875
# '' Jeremia'' Redtenbacher, 1908
# '' Jeremiodes'' Hennemann & Conle, 2007
# '' Otocraniella'' Zompro, 2004
# '' Xylodus'' Saussure, 1859
Cladoxerini
Auth. Karny, 1923
# '' Cladoxerus'' Peletier de Saint Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828
# '' Parabactridium'' Redtenbacher, 1908
# '' Wattenwylia'' Piza, 1938
Cranidiini
Auth. Günther, 1953
* monotypic genus
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''Cranidium
''Cranidium''Westwood (1843) ''The Arcana Museum of Nature'' 2: 49. is an monotypic genus of stick insects
The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida, Phasmatoptera or Spectra) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick ...
'' Westwood, 1843
Haplopodini
Auth. Günther, 1953
# '' Aploploides'' Rehn & Hebard, 1938
# '' Apteroplopus'' Hennemann, Conle & Perez-Gelabert, 2016
# '' Cephaloplopus'' Hennemann, Conle & Perez-Gelabert, 2016
# '' Diapherodes'' Gray, 1835
# '' Haplopus'' Burmeister, 1838
# '' Paracranidium'' Brock, 1998
# '' Parhaplopus'' Hennemann, Conle & Perez-Gelabert, 2016
# '' Venupherodes'' Hennemann, Conle & Perez-Gelabert, 2016
Hesperophasmatini
Auth. Bradley & Galil, 1977
# '' Agamemnon (insect)'' Moxey, 1971
# '' Hesperophasma'' Rehn, 1901
# '' Hypocyrtus'' Redtenbacher, 1908
# '' Lamponius'' Stål, 1875
# '' Rhynchacris'' Redtenbacher, 1908
# '' Sigaruphasma'' Hennemann, Conle, Perez-Gelabert & Valero, 2020
# '' Tainophasma'' Conle, Hennemann & Perez-Gelabert, 2014
# ''Taraxippus (insect) In Greek mythology, the Taraxippus (plural: ''taraxippoi'', "horse disturber", Latin ''equorum conturbator'') was a presence, variously identified as a ghost or dangerous site, blamed for frightening horses at hippodromes throughout Greece. Some '' ...
'' Moxey, 1971
Pterinoxylini
Auth. Hennemann, Conle & Perez-Gelabert, 2016
* monotypic genus ''Pterinoxylus
''Pterinoxylus'' is a genus of phasmids belonging to the family Phasmatidae.
The species of this genus are found in Central America.
Species:
*'' Pterinoxylus crassus''
*'' Pterinoxylus eucnemis''
*'' Pterinoxylus perarmatus''
*''Pterinoxy ...
'' Audinet-Serville, 1838
Teruelphasmini
Auth. Yong, 2017
# '' Guamuhaya'' Yong, 2017
# '' Teruelphasma'' Yong, 2017
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Phasmatodea subfamilies