Phobaeticus

Phobaeticus is a genus of Asian stick insects comprising over 25 species. It includes some of the longest known insects, including Phobaeticus chani.[1]

Phobaeticus
Phobaeticus serratipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Infraorder: Anareolatae
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Clitumninae
Genus: Phobaeticus
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Baculolonga
    Hennemann & Conle, 1997

The generic name of some species used to be Pharnacia (e.g. Phobaeticus serratipes was known as Pharnacia serratipes).

Species
  • Phobaeticus annamallayanus (Wood-Mason, 1877)
  • Phobaeticus bachmaensis (Thinh & Tru, 2004)
  • Phobaeticus chani Bragg, 2008
  • Phobaeticus foliatus (Bragg, 1995)
  • Phobaeticus hypharpax (Westwood, 1859)
  • Phobaeticus incertus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
  • Phobaeticus ingens (Redtenbacher, 1908)
  • Phobaeticus kirbyi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
  • Phobaeticus lobulatus (Carl, 1913)
  • Phobaeticus lumawigi Brock, 1998
  • Phobaeticus magnus Hennemann & Conle, 2008
  • Phobaeticus mjobergi (Günther, 1935)
  • Phobaeticus mucrospinosus Hennemann & Conle, 2008
  • Phobaeticus palawanensis Hennemann & Conle, 2008
  • Phobaeticus philippinicus (Hennemann & Conle, 1997)
  • Phobaeticus pinnipes (Redtenbacher, 1908)
  • Phobaeticus redtenbacheri (Dohrn, 1910)
  • Phobaeticus rex (Günther, 1928)
  • Phobaeticus serratipes (Gray, 1835)
  • Phobaeticus sinetyi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
  • Phobaeticus sobrinus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (synonym P. beccarianus)

Reassigned species
  • P. lambirica = Pharnacia rex (Günther, 1928)
  • P. sichuanensis = Baculonistria alba Chen & He, 1990

References
  1. Hennemann, F.H.; Conle, O.V. (October 2008). "Revision of Oriental Phasmatodea: The tribe Pharnaciini Günther, 1953, including the description of the world's longest insect, and a survey of the family Phasmatidae Gray, 1835 with keys to the subfamilies and tribes (Phasmatodea: "Anareolatae": Phasmatidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1906: 1–316. ISSN 1175-5326. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
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