The Xeroderinae
[Günther (1953) ''Beiträge zur Entomologie, Berlin'' 3(5): 547.] are a sub-family 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 ...
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 repr ...
: genera are found in tropical Asia and Australasia; there is a single tribe: the Xeroderini
Günther, 1953.
Genera
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Caledoniophasma'' Günther, 1953
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Cnipsus'' Zompro, 2001
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Dimorphodes'' Wood-Mason, 1878
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Epicharmus
Epicharmus of Kos or Epicharmus Comicus or Epicharmus Comicus Syracusanus ( grc-gre, Ἐπίχαρμος ὁ Κῷος), thought to have lived between c. 550 and c. 460 BC, was a Greek dramatist and philosopher who is often credited with ...
'' Westwood, 1859
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Leosthenes
Leosthenes ( grc, Λεωσθένης Λεωσθένους Κεφαλῆθεν, Leōsthenēs Leōsthenous Kephalēthen; died 323 BC) was an Athenian who was commander of the combined Greek army in the Lamian War. Leosthenes was the son of his names ...
'' Stål, 1875
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Nisyrus'' Stål, 1875 (synonym ''
Cotylosoma
''Nisyrus'' is a genus of stick insects belonging to the tribe Xeroderini and found in the Pacific Islands
Collectively called the Pacific Islands, the islands in the Pacific Ocean are further categorized into three major island groups: Melan ...
'' Wood-Mason, 1878)
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Sinoxenophasmina'' Ho, 2021
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Xenophasmina
''Xenophasmina'' Uvarov BP (1940) ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.'' (11)6: 379. is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and subfamily Xeroderinae. Species have a known distribution from Indo-China
Mainland Southeast Asia, also ...
'' Uvarov, 1940
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Xeroderus'' Gray, 1835
References
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Phasmatidae
Phasmatodea subfamilies
Phasmatodea of Asia