''Presbistus''
[Kirby WF (1896) ''Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond.'' (2)6: 475.] is an genus of Asian
stick insects
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 ...
in the
tribe
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Aschiphasmatini, erected by
William Forsell Kirby in 1896. Species currently have a known distribution in: India, Cambodia, Borneo, Java and Sumatra (but this may be incomplete).
[Phasmida Species File: genus ''Presbistus'' Kirby, 1896 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 27 November 2022)]
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Species
The ''Phasmida Species File'' lists:[
# '' Presbistus appendiculatus'' Bragg, 2001
# '' Presbistus asymmetricus'' Giglio-Tos, 1910
# '' Presbistus crudelis'' (Westwood, 1859)
# '' Presbistus darnis'' (Westwood, 1859)
# '' Presbistus flavicornis'' (de Haan, 1842)
# '' Presbistus infumatus'' (Charpentier, 1845)
# '' Presbistus marshallae'' Bragg, 2001
# '' Presbistus peleus'' (Gray, 1835) - type species (as ''Perlamorphus peleus'' Gray; synonym of ''Presbistus ridleyi'' Kirby, 1904)
# '' Presbistus viridimarginatus'' (de Haan, 1842)
# '' Presbistus vitivorus'' Bresseel & Constant, 2022
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References
External links
Image at iNaturalist
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Phasmatodea genera
Phasmatodea of Asia