List of Phasmatodea of Australia explained

This is a list of the Australian Phasmatodea. There are approximately 150 species.

The list is organized from family, to subfamily, genus and then species.

Phasmatidae

subfamily: Platycraninae

genus: Anophelepis

• Anophelepis telesphorus

genus: Graeffea

• Graeffea coccophaga

genus: Megacrania

• Megacrania batesii

• Megacrania alpheus

genus: Echetlus

• Echetlus peristhenes

subfamily: Palophinae

genus: Palophus

• (3 undescribed species)

subfamily: Eurycanthinae

genus: Eurycantha

• Eurycantha sifia

genus: Dryococelus

• Dryococelus australis

subfamily: Lonchodinae

genus: Lonchodes

• Lonchodes caurus

• Lonchodes longiceps

genus: Carausius

• Carausius insularis

• Carausius macerrimus

genus: Hyrtacus

• Hyrtacus coenosa

• Hyrtacus eutrachelia

• Hyrtacus peridromes

• Hyrtacus tuberculatus

• Hyrtacus imitans

• Hyrtacus carinata

• Hyrtacus striatus

• (16 undescribed species)

genus: Marcenia

• Marcenia frenchi

• Marcenia gracilis

genus: Austrocarausius

• Austrocarausius mercurius

• Austrocarausius nigropunctatus

subfamily: Pachymorphinae

genus: Acanthoderus

• Acanthoderus spinosus

genus: Pachymorpha

• Pachymorpha squalida

• Pachymorpha simplicipes

• Pachymorpha pasithoe

• (14 undescribed species)

subfamily: Phasmatinae

genus: Ctenomorpha

• Ctenomorpha chronus

• Ctenomorpha acheron

• Ctenomorpha haworthii

• Ctenomorpha macleayi

• Ctenomorpha caprella

• Ctenomorpha salmacis

genus: Acrophylla Gray

• Acrophylla titan

• Acrophylla cornuta

• Acrophylla nubilosa

• Acrophylla paula

• Acrophylla ligula

• Acrophylla wuelfingi

genus: Eurycnema

• Eurycnema goliath

• Eurycnema osiris

genus: Baculum

• Baculum stilpnoides

genus: Anchiale

• Anchiale austrotessulata

• Anchiale briareus

• Anchiale maculata

• Anchiale spinicollis

genus: Arphax

• Arphax brunneus

• Arphax australis

• Arphax dolomedes

• Arphax signatus

• Arphax michaelseni

genus: Clitarchus

• Clitarchus laeviusculus

• Clitarchus longipes

genus: Hermarchus

• Hermarchus polynesicus

genus: Vetilia

• Vetilia enceladus

• Vetilia thoon

genus: Onchestus

• Onchestus gorgus

• Onchestus pasimachus

• Onchestus rentzi

• (2 undescribed species)

genus: Acanthomima

• Acanthomima periphanes

• Acanthomima rhipheus

genus: Paronchestus

• Paronchestus charon

genus: Ctenomorphodes

• Ctenomorphodes briareus

• Ctenomorphodes tessulatus

• Ctenomorphodes aliena

• (3 undescribed species)

subfamily: Xeroderinae

genus: Xeroderus

• Xeroderus kirbii

• (1 undescribed species)

genus: Cooktownia

• Cooktownia plana

subfamily: Tropidoderinae

genus: Extatosoma

• Extatosoma tiaratum

• Extatosoma popa

genus: Podacanthus

• Podacanthus typhon

• Podacanthus viridiroseus

• Podacanthus wilkinsoni

• (1 undescribed species)

genus: Tropidoderus

• Tropidoderus childrenii

• Tropidoderus rhodomus

• Tropidoderus michaelseni

• Tropidoderus gracilifemur

• Tropidoderus prasina

genus: Lysicles

• Lysicles hippolytus

• Lysicles insignis

genus: Vasilissa

• Vasilissa walkeri

genus: Didymuria

• Didymuria violences

genus: Malandania

• Malandania pulchra

unplaced genera:

genus: Bacillus

• Bacillus peristhenellus

genus: Eubulides

• Eubulides spuria

genus: Austroclonistria

• Austroclonistria serrulata

genus: Denhama

• Denhama aussa

Phylliidae

subfamily: Phylliinae

genus: Phyllium

• Phyllium siccifolium

• Phyllium frondosum

genus: Nanophyllium

• Nanophyllium Australianum

subfamily: Necrosciinae

genus: Necroscia

• Necroscia bella

genus: Sipyloidea

• Sipyloidea carterus

• Sipyloidea filiformis

• Sipyloidea gracilipes

• Sipyloidea nelida

• Sipyloidea ovabdita

• Sipyloidea similis

• (13 undescribed species)

genus: Haaniella

• Haaniella grayii

genus: Anasceles

• (1 undescribed species)

genus: Mesaner

• Mesaner sarpedon

genus: Parasipyloidea

• Parasipyloidea aberrata

• Parasipyloidea annulata

• Parasipyloidea granulosa

• Parasipyloidea ignotus

• Parasipyloidea spurcata

• Parasipyloidea tener

• Parasipyloidea cercata

• Parasipyloidea strumosa

• Parasipyloidea pallida

• (11 undescribed species)

genus: Parasosibia

• Parasosibia australica

genus: Neopromachus

• Neopromachus sordidus

genus: Malandella

• Malandella queenslandica

genus: Scionecra

• Scionecra queenslandica

References

1. Order Phasmatodea Jacobsen & Bianchi, 1902

See also

• List of Australian stick insects and mantids
• Phasmatodea
• Order Phasmatodea, Distribution Map