The MegacraniinaeHennemann (2020) ''Zootaxa'' 4896(2): 151. are an anareolate subfamily 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 family

Phasmatidae The Phasmatidae are a family (biology), family of the stick insects (order (biology), order Phasmatodea). They belong to the Superfamily (zoology), superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea. Like many of their relatives, the Phasmatida ...

. Their known distribution includes

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...

and islands in the

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the cont ...

and Indian oceans.Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 13 February 2021)
/ref> Several genera have been revised and were placed previously in the

Platycraninae PlatycraninaeBrunner von Wattenwyl (1893) ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova'' (2)13 (33): 97. are an anareolate subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. Their known distribution includes southern, s ...

Genera

The Phasmida Species File lists: * '' Acanthograeffea'' Günther, 1932 * '' Apterograeffea'' Cliquennois & Brock, 2002 * '' Davidrentzia'' - monotypic ''D. valida'' Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007 * '' Erastus'' Redtenbacher, 1908 * ''

Graeffea ''Graeffea'' is a genus of Phasmatodea, phasmids belonging to the family Phasmatidae. Species: *''Graeffea bojei'' *''Graeffea crouanii'' *''Graeffea doederleini'' *''Graeffea erythroptera'' *''Graeffea inconspicua'' *''Graeffea integra'' ...

'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1868 * ''

Megacrania ''Megacrania'' is a genus of the subfamily Megacraniinae of stick insects. Members of this genus are commonly referred to as "peppermint stick insects", due to the characteristic odor of their defensive spray, as well as the cylindrical, twig-li ...

'' Kaup, 1871 * '' Ophicrania'' Kaup, 1871 * '' Xenomaches'' Kirby, 1896 - monotypic '' Xenomaches incommodus'' (Butler, 1876)

References

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q105470498 Phasmatodea subfamilies Phasmatodea of Asia