''Eurycantha'' is a genus of
Australasia
Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand (overlapping with Polynesia), and sometimes including New Guinea and surrounding islands (overlapping with Melanesia). The term is used in a number of different context ...
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stick insect
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 da ...
s: typical of the tribe
Eurycanthini. It was described by
Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician.
He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société ento ...
in 1835.
Species
The '' Phasmida Species File'' lists:
Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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* '' Eurycantha calcarata'' Lucas, 1869 - Giant Spiny Stick Insect (synonym ''E. sifia'' Kirby, 1904)
* '' Eurycantha coriacea'' (Redtenbacher, 1908)
* '' Eurycantha horrida'' Boisduval, 1835
* '' Eurycantha immunis'' Redtenbacher, 1908
* '' Eurycantha insularis'' Lucas, 1869
* '' Eurycantha latro'' Redtenbacher, 1908
* '' Eurycantha maluensis'' Günther, 1929
* '' Eurycantha micracantha'' (Montrouzier, 1855)
* '' Eurycantha portentosa'' Kirby, 1904
* '' Eurycantha rosenbergii'' Kaup, 1871
References
External links
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Phasmatodea genera
Lonchodidae