Anisacanthidae Explained

Anisacanthidae is a family of stick insects in the superfamily Bacilloidea. There are at least 30 described species in Anisacanthidae, all from Madagascar.

Genera

The Phasmida Species File includes 3 subfamilies:^[1]

Anisacanthinae

Monotypic subfamily: all in tribe Anisacanthini

1. Anisacantha
2. Paranisacantha
3. Parectatosoma
4. Somacantha

Leiophasmatinae

Auth. Cliquennois, 2008

1. Adelophasma
2. Amphiphasma
3. Leiophasma

Xerantherinae

Auth. Cliquennois, 2008

1. Archantherix
2. Cenantherix
3. Parorobia
4. Xerantherix

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Book: Borror. Donald J.. Peterson. Roger Tory. White. Richard E.. 1998. A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin. 978-0395911709. registration.
• Bradley . James Chester. Galil . Bella S.. 1977. The taxonomic arrangement of the Phasmatodea with keys to the subfamilies and tribes. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 79. 2. 176–208. 0013-8797.
• Book: Brock . Paul D.. 1999. The amazing world of stick and leaf-insects. The Amateur Entomologist. The Amateur Entomologists' Society. 26. 0-900054-63-8.
• Book: Gillott. Cedric. 1980. Entomology. Plenum Press. 0-306-40366-8. registration.
• Book: Kellogg . Vernon L.. 1905. American insects. H. Holt.
• Majka . C.. 2009. Thomas L. Casey and Rhode Island. ZooKeys. 22. 10.3897/zookeys.22.93. free . 267–283. 2009ZooK...22..267M.
• Misof . B.. Liu . S.. Meusemann . K.. Peters . R.S.. Donath . A.. 4. 2014. Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution. Science. 346. 6210. 763–767. 10.1126/science.1257570 . 25378627. 2014Sci...346..763M. 36008925.
• Book: Otte . Daniel. Brock . Paul. 2005. Phasmida Species File: Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the World. Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2nd. 1-929014-08-2.

Notes and References

1. http://phasmida.archive.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1200197 Phasmida Species File