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Subfamily of stick insects From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lonchodinae are a subfamily of stick insects in the family Lonchodidae found in: Australasia, Asia, Africa, Southern America and the Pacific.
Lonchodinae | |
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Eurycantha horrida | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Lonchodidae |
Subfamily: | Lonchodinae 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.[1]
The Phasmida Species File[2] lists two established tribes:
Authority: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Authority: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (synonym Menexenini)
The tribe Neohiraseini Hennemann & Conle, 2008 is now considered a junior synonym in the family Diapheromeridae: subfamily Necrosciinae.
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