Megacraniinae
| Megacraniinae | |
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| Megacrania phelaus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Suborder: | Euphasmatodea |
| Infraorder: | Anareolatae |
| Family: | Phasmatidae |
| Subfamily: | Megacraniinae Hennemann, 2020 |
The Megacraniinae[1] are an anareolate subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. Their known distribution includes Malesia and islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans.[2] Several genera have been revised and were placed previously in the Platycraninae.
Genera[]
The Phasmida Species File lists:[2]
- Acanthograeffea Günther, 1932
- Cliquennois & Brock, 2002
- - monotypic D. valida Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
- Redtenbacher, 1908
- Graeffea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1868
- Megacrania Kaup, 1871
- Kaup, 1871
- Kirby, 1896 - monotypic (Butler, 1876)
References[]
- ^ Hennemann (2020) Zootaxa 4896(2): 151.
- ^ a b Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 13 February 2021)
External links[]
Media related to Megacraniinae at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Phasmatodea subfamilies
- Phasmatodea of Asia