The Platycraninae
[Brunner von Wattenwyl (1893) ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova'' (2)13 (33): 97.] are an
anareolate subfamily 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 ...
. Their known distribution includes southern, southeast Asia and
Australasia
Australasia is a region that comprises Australia, New Zealand and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically, physiogeographically, philologically, and ecolo ...
.
[Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 13 February 2021)]
/ref>
Genera
The Phasmida Species File lists two tribes:[
; monotypic tribe Platycranini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
* '' Platycrana'' Gray, 1835
]
Stephanacridini
Auth: Günther, 1953
# ''Diagoras'' Stål, 1877 - monotypic ''Diagoras ephialtes Diagoras may refer to:
* Diagoras of Melos – an Atheist philosopher and poet (5th century BC)
*Diagoras of Rhodes – a boxer (5th century BC)
*Diagoras – a Greek physician quoted in ''Natural History'' of Pliny
* Diagoras F.C. – football c ...
'' Stål, 1877
# '' Eucarcharus'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
# ''Hermarchus
Hermarchus or Hermarch ( el, Ἕρμαρχoς, ''Hermarkhos''; c. 325-c. 250 BC), sometimes incorrectly written Hermachus ( el, Ἕρμαχoς, Hermakhos), was an Epicurean philosopher. He was the disciple and successor of Epicurus as head of the ...
'' Stål, 1875
# '' Macrophasma'' Hennemann & Conle, 2006
# '' Nesiophasma'' Günther, 1934
# '' Phasmotaenia'' Navas, 1907
# ''Sadyattes
Sadyattes ( grc, Σαδυαττης, Saduattēs; la, Sadyattēs; reigned 637–) was the third king of the Mermnad dynasty in Lydia, the son of Ardys and the grandson of Gyges of Lydia. Sadyattes reigned 12 years according to Herodotus.
Reign ...
'' Stål, 1875
# '' Stephanacris'' Redtenbacher, 1908
References
External links
*
*
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1237197
Phasmatodea subfamilies
Phasmatodea of Asia