Phasmatinae

The Phasmatinae are a subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. They contain at least three tribes; Bradley and Galil corrected the spelling to "Phasmatinae" and provides a key to tribes.[1]

Phasmatinae
Ctenomorpha chronus (Phasmatini)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Suborder: Verophasmatodea
Infraorder: Anareolatae
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Phasmatinae
Leach, 1815
Tribes

See text

Synonyms
  • Acrophyllini Redtenbacher, 1908
  • Phasminae Leach, 1815
  • Phasminae Karny, 1923

Tribes and genera

The Phasmida Species File[2] lists three tribes:

Acanthomimini

Authority: Günther, 1953

  • Acanthomima Kirby, 1904
  • Anophelepis Westwood, 1859
  • Arphax Stål, 1875
  • Mauritiophasma Cliquennois & Brock, 2004
  • Vasilissa Kirby, 1896

Acanthoxylini

Authority: Bradley & Galil, 1977

Phasmatini

Authority: Leach, 1815

  • Acrophylla Gray, 1835
  • Anchiale (insect) Stål, 1875
  • Cigarrophasma Brock & Hasenpusch, 2001
  • Ctenomorpha Gray, 1833
  • Eurycnema Serville, 1838
  • Onchestus (genus) Stål, 1877
  • Paractenomorpha Hennemann & Conle, 2004
  • Paracyphocrania Redtenbacher, 1908
  • Paronchestus Redtenbacher, 1908
  • Peloriana Uvarov, 1940
  • Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796

Inclusion of Other Tribes

Some treatments include up to seven tribes in this subfamily. The Clitumnini and Pharnaciini are here separated in a distinct subfamily Clitumninae, and while the Achriopterini and Stephanacridini have also been placed in the Phasmatinae, other authors treat them as tribes incertae sedis among the Phasmatidae as is done here.

References
  1. Bradley JR Galil (1977) Proceedings of the Entomological Society, Washington 79(2): 192.
  2. Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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