''Presbistus''
[Kirby WF (1896) ''Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond.'' (2)6: 475.] is a genus of Asian
stick insects
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 dar ...
in the
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...
Aschiphasmatini, erected by
William Forsell Kirby
William Forsell Kirby (14 January 1844 – 20 November 1912) was an English entomologist and folklorist. He specialized in the study of the stick insects, describing nearly 70 species and 22 genera. His collection filled 120 cabinets and clai ...
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
]
References
External links
Image at iNaturalist
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Phasmatodea genera
Phasmatodea of Asia