Platycraninae Explained

The Platycraninae^[1] are an anareolate subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. Their known distribution includes southern, southeast Asia and Australasia.^[2]

Genera

The Phasmida Species File lists two tribes:^[2]

monotypic tribe Platycranini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

• Platycrana Gray, 1835

Stephanacridini

Auth: Günther, 1953

1. Diagoras Stål, 1877 - monotypic Diagoras ephialtes Stål, 1877
2. Eucarcharus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
3. Hermarchus Stål, 1875
4. Macrophasma Hennemann & Conle, 2006
5. Nesiophasma Günther, 1934
6. Phasmotaenia Navas, 1907
7. Sadyattes Stål, 1875
8. Stephanacris Redtenbacher, 1908

Notes and References

1. Brunner von Wattenwyl (1893) Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova (2)13 (33): 97.
2. http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1201485 Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 13 February 2021)