| Megacraniinae | |
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| Megacrania phelaus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Suborder: | Euphasmatodea |
| Infraorder: | Anareolatae |
| Family: | Phasmatidae |
| Subfamily: | Megacraniinae Hennemann, 2020 |
The Megacraniinae are an anareolate subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. Their known distribution includes Malesia and islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans. Several genera have been revised and were placed previously in the Platycraninae.
Genera
The Phasmida Species File lists:
- Acanthograeffea Günther, 1932
- Apterograeffea Cliquennois & Brock, 2002
- Davidrentzia - monotypic D. valida Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
- Erastus Redtenbacher, 1908
- Graeffea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1868
- Megacrania Kaup, 1871
- Ophicrania Kaup, 1871
- Xenomaches Kirby, 1896 - monotypic Xenomaches incommodus (Butler, 1876)
References
- Hennemann (2020) Zootaxa 4896(2): 151.
- ^ Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 13 February 2021)
External links
Media related to Megacraniinae at Wikimedia Commons
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| Megacraniinae |
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