Lopaphus Explained

Lopaphus^[1] is an Asian genus of stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini. Species have been recorded from India, China and South-East Asia.^[2]

Species

The Catalogue of Life and Phasmida Species File^[2] list:

• Lopaphus albopunctatus (Chen & He, 2004)
• Lopaphus angusticauda (Chen & Xu, 2008)
• Lopaphus atalantia (Thanasinchayakul, 2006)
• Lopaphus bootanicus (Westwood, 1859)
• Lopaphus borneensis Bragg, 1995
• Lopaphus bougainvillea (Thanasinchayakul, 2006)
• Lopaphus brachypterus (Haan, 1842) - type species (as Phasma brachypterum Haan, W. de, locality: Sumatra)
• Lopaphus buegersi Günther, 1929
• Lopaphus crishna (Westwood, 1859)
• Lopaphus iolas (Westwood, 1859)
• Lopaphus muticus (Redtenbacher, 1908)
• Lopaphus nanoalatus Brock, 1999
• Lopaphus pedestris (Redtenbacher, 1908)
• Lopaphus perakensis (Redtenbacher, 1908)
• Lopaphus porus (Westwood, 1859)
• Lopaphus psidium (Thanasinchayakul, 2006)
• Lopaphus shenglii Ho, 2013
• Lopaphus sinensis (Bi, 1995)
• Lopaphus sphalerus (Redtenbacher, 1908)
• Lopaphus srilankensis Hennemann, 2002
• Lopaphus suwinae Seow-Choen, 2000
• Lopaphus tonkinensis (Redtenbacher, 1908)
• Lopaphus transiens (Redtenbacher, 1908)
• Lopaphus trilineatus (Carl, 1913)
• Lopaphus unidentatus (Chen & He, 1995)
• Lopaphus yunnanensis (Chen & He, 1995)
• Lopaphus zayuensis (Chen & He, 2008)

References

1. Westwood (1859) Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 99.
2. http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1202871 Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 6 October 2019)

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