Necrosciinae

Necrosciinae is a subfamily of the stick insect family Lonchodidae, with its greatest diversity in South-East Asia.

Necrosciinae
Yellow Umbrella Stick Insect
(Tagesoidea nigrofasciata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Suborder: Verophasmatodea
Infraorder: Anareolatae
Family: Lonchodidae
Subfamily: Necrosciinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Genera

Numerous, see text

The subfamilies Necrosciinae and Lonchodinae, formerly part of Diapheromeridae, were determined to make up a separate family and were transferred to the re-established family Lonchodidae in 2018.[1]

Genera

The Phasmida Species File[2] includes the genera below; most belong to the tribe Necrosciini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893:

Necrosciini

Tribe not determined

Two relatively new monotypic genera are currently placed incertae sedis:

  • Conlephasma enigma Gottardo & Heller, 2012 (Philippines)
  • Gibbernecroscia kooymani Brock, Hasenpusch & Petrović, 2019 (Australia)

References

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