PhasmatiniLeach (1815) In Brewster, D. ''The Edinburgh Encyclopedia'' 9: 119. is a tribe 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 D ...

s in the family

Phasmatidae The Phasmatidae are a family of the stick insects (order Phasmatodea). They belong to the superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea. Like many of their relatives, the Phasmatidae are capable of regenerating limbs and commonly reprodu ...

. There are more than 40 described species, found in Australasia, Asia and possibly Brazil.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Phasmatini: * '' Acrophylla'' Gray, 1835 * '' Anchiale'' Stål, 1875 * '' Cigarrophasma'' Brock & Hasenpusch, 2001 (

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

'' Cigarrophasma tessellatum'') * ''

Ctenomorpha ''Ctenomorpha'' is a genus of phasmids belonging to the family Phasmatidae The Phasmatidae are a family of the stick insects (order Phasmatodea). They belong to the superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea. Like many of their rel ...

'' Gray, 1833 * '' Dryococelus'' Gurney, 1947 (monotypic) * ''

Eurycnema ''Eurycnema'' is a genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and tribe Phasmatini. Species have a known distribution from Australasia and Southeast Asia. Species ''Eurycnema'' includes the following species: # ''Eurycnema goliath'' (Gr ...

'' Serville, 1838 * ''

Onchestus Onchestos or Onchestus ( el, Ογχηστός) was a Greek town in ancient Boeotia northwest of Thebes. In ancient times it was famous for its sanctuary of Poseidon. The site has been excavated intermittently since the 1960s. It was in the ter ...

'' Stål, 1877 * '' Paractenomorpha'' Hennemann & Conle, 2004 (monotypic '' Paractenomorpha baehri'') * '' Paracyphocrania'' Redtenbacher, 1908 * '' Paronchestus'' Redtenbacher, 1908 * '' Peloriana'' Uvarov, 1940 (monotypic '' Peloriana lobiceps'') * ''

Phasma ''Phasma'' is an Australasian genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae, subfamily Phasmatinae and tribe Phasmatini. Species The Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species o ...

'' Lichtenstein, 1796

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