''Macellina'' is a genus of
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 in the tribe
Gratidiini
The Gratidiini are a tribe of 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 a ...
, erected by
Boris Uvarov
Sir Boris Petrovitch Uvarov (3 November 1886 – 18 March 1970) was a Russian-British entomologist best known for his work on the biology and ecology of locusts. He has been called the father of acridology.
Biography
Boris Petrovitch Uvarov wa ...
in 1940.
[Uvarov BP (1940) Twenty four new generic names in Orthoptera. ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' 11, 112–117.] Species have been recorded from China, Thailand and Vietnam (possibly incomplete distribution).
Species
The ''Phasmida Species File''
[ lists:
# '' Macellina caulodes'' (Rehn, 1904)
# '' Macellina dentata'' (Stål, 1875)
# '' Macellina digitata'' Chen & Wang, 1993
# '' Macellina nigriseta'' Ho, 2013
# '' Macellina qizhouense'' Ho, 2015
# '' Macellina souchongia'' (Westwood, 1859) - type species (as '']Bacillus
''Bacillus'', from Latin "bacillus", meaning "little staff, wand", is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria, a member of the phylum ''Bacillota'', with 266 named species. The term is also used to describe the shape (rod) of other so-sh ...
souchongia'' Westwood)
References
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Phasmatodea genera
Phasmatodea of Asia
Phasmatidae