''Dajaca''
[Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova'' (2)13(33): 99.] is a genus of
stick insects
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belonging to the
suborder
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Verophasmatodea
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, family
Aschiphasmatidae and is the only representative of the monotypic tribe
Dajacini. Species have been recorded from Borneo, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Myanmar.
Species
The ''Phasmida Species File''
[ list the following:
# '' Dajaca alata'' (Redtenbacher, 1906)
# '' Dajaca chani'' Seow-Choen, 1998
# '' Dajaca filiformis'' Bragg, 1992
# '' Dajaca monilicornis'' Redtenbacher, 1906 - type species locality ]Borneo
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see specimen
# '' Dajaca napolovi'' Brock, 2000
# '' Dajaca nigrolineata'' Hennemann, Conle & Bruckner, 1996
# '' Dajaca swiae'' Seow-Choen, 2020
# '' Dajaca viridipennis'' Bragg, 2001
References
External links
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Phasmatodea genera
Phasmatodea of Asia