Lonchodidae

Lonchodidae[1] is a family of stick insects, with more than 150 genera and 1,000 described species.[2]

Lonchodidae
Acanthomenexenus polyacanthus (Lonchodini)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Phasmatodea
Infraorder:Anareolatae
Family:Lonchodidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

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.[3]

Trachythorax maculicollis (Necrosciini)

Subfamilies and tribes

  • Lonchodinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
    • tribe Eurycanthini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
    • tribe Lonchodini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
    • tribe not determined
      • genus Megalophasma Bi, 1995
      • genus Papuacocelus Hennemann & Conle, 2006
  • Necrosciinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

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