Eurycnema

Eurycnema
adults of E. goliath
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Phasmatinae
Tribe: Phasmatini
Genus: Eurycnema
Audinet-Serville, 1838
Synonyms

Clemacantha Rainbow, 1897

Eurycnema[1] is a genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and tribe Phasmatini. Species have a known distribution from Australia, New Guinea, Kei islands, Timor, Wetar & Solor.[2]

Species

Eurycnema includes the following species:[2]

  1. Eurycnema goliath (Gray, 1834)
  2. Eurycnema nigrospinosa Redtenbacher, 1908
  3. Eurycnema osiris (Gray, 1834)
  4. Eurycnema versirubra (Audinet-Serville, 1838) - type species (as Cyphocrania versirubra Audinet-Serville, by subsequent designation[3])

References

  1. ^ Audinet-Serville (1838)[1839] Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Orthoptères 235.
  2. ^ a b Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 21 May 2021)
  3. ^ Kirby WF (1904) A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1: 501pp.