''Phryganistria'' is a genus of
stick insects
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belonging to the subfamily
Clitumninae
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Tribes and ge ...
, native to
Mainland Southeast Asia
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, including
Yunnan
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China, central
Vietnam
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and
Bangladesh
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.
[ The species in this genus have been subject to revision, with several being reassigned to the related '' Neophryganistria''.
As with other genera in the ]tribe
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Pharnaciini, ''Phryganistria'' stick insects are notable for their range in size from "fairly large to very large",
Species
The genus includes the following:
Reassigned species
The following species, previously placed here, are now in genus '' Neophryganistria'':
* ''Phryganistria fruhstorferi'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
* ''P. grandis'' Rehn, 1906
* ''P. guanxiensis'' Chen & He, 2008
* ''P. heusii'' Hennemann & Conle, 1997
* ''P. longzhouensis'' Chen & He, 2008
* '' P. tamdaoensis'' J. Bresseel & J Constant, 2014
''Phryganistria "chinensis"''
Claimed to be the world's longest stick insect, the informally named ''Phryganistria "chinensis"'', discovered in 2014 near Liuzhou
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in Guangxi
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, China, apparently remains an undescribed species
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after more than 10 years. A wild collected female kept at the Insect Museum of West China was the record holder at in total length (including extended legs),
See also
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References
External links
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Phasmatodea genera
Phasmatodea of Indo-China
Taxa named by Carl Stål