Agathemera Explained

Agathemera^[1] is a genus of stick insects in the suborder Euphasmatodea and superfamily Pseudophasmatoidea. It consists of several species limited to the mountainous regions of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru.^[2]

This genus is the sole representative of the monotypic family Agathemeridae^[3] and tribe Agathemerini; it was also placed in the suborder Agathemerodea, but the latter is now considered of doubtful validity.^[4]

Species

The Phasmida Species File includes following species:^[2]

1. Agathemera claraziana (Saussure, 1868)
2. Agathemera crassa (Blanchard, 1851) - type species (as Anisomorpha pardalina Westwood)
3. Agathemera elegans (Philippi, 1863)
4. Agathemera grylloides (Westwood, 1859)
5. Agathemera luteola Camousseight, 2006
6. Agathemera maculafulgens Camousseight, 1995
7. Agathemera mesoauriculae Camousseight, 1995
8. Agathemera millepunctata Redtenbacher, 1906

External links

• • • Phasmid Study Group: Agathemerodea

Notes and References

1. Stål C (1875) Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 32: 56, 95.
2. http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1203857 Phasmida Species File: genus Agathemera Stål, 1875 (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 27 May 2021)
3. Engel . Michael S. . Bradler . Sven . 2024 . On the availability of the family-group name Agathemeridae (Phasmatodea) . Zootaxa . 5496 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.9 .
4. http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1203861 Phasmida Species File: nomen dubium Agathemerodea (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 27 May 2021)