''Macellina'' is a genus 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 ...
s in the tribe
Gratidiini, 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 was ...
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 souchongia'' Westwood)
]
References
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Phasmatodea genera
Phasmatodea of Asia
Phasmatidae