Necrosciinae
Necrosciinae is a subfamily of the stick insect family Lonchodidae, with its greatest diversity in South-East Asia.
| Necrosciinae | |
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| 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 | |
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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
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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
- Robertson, James A.; Bradler, Sven; Whiting, Michael F. (2018). "Evolution of Oviposition Techniques in Stick and Leaf Insects (Phasmatodea)". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6. doi:10.3389/fevo.2018.00216.
- Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
- Bresseel, Joachim; Constant, Jérôme (27 January 2017). "Philippine mossy forest stick insects: first record of the genus Otraleus Günther, 1935 in the country, with four new species, and the new genus Capuyanus gen. nov. (Phasmida, Diapheromeridae, Necrosciinae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (265). doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.265. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
External links
Media related to Necrosciinae at Wikimedia Commons- Phasmid Study Group: Necrosciinae
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