Acanthoxylini

Acanthoxylini[2] is a tribe of Phasmatodeas (stick insects and relatives). They belong to the "typical" stick insects of the superfamily Anareolatae, though they are rather notable among these. For example, the New Zealand giant stick insect (the only species of Argosarchus) is huge, and all Acanthoxyla are females reproducing by parthenogenesis.

Acanthoxylini
Acanthoxyla huttoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Phasmatinae
Tribe: Acanthoxylini
Bradley & Galil, 1977
Diversity
5 genera
Synonyms[1]
  • Macracanthiin [sic] Günther, 1953
  • Macracanthini Günther, 1953 (emendation)

Genera

The following genera are currently recognized:[1]

  1. Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944
  2. Argosarchus Hutton
  3. Clitarchus Stål, 1875
  4. Pseudoclitarchus Salmon, 1991
  5. Tepakiphasma Buckley and Bradler, 2010

See also

References
  1. Phasmida Species File Online (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 22 May 2021)
  2. Leach (1815) In Brewster, D. The Edinburgh Encyclopedia 9(1): 119.
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