Acanthoderus

{{Short description|Genus of stick insects}}

{{About|the genus of stick insects|the synonym of beetles in the family Cerambycidae|Acanthoderes|the synonym of bugs in the family Coreidae|Acanthocerus}}

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AcanthoderusGray GR (1835) Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae 14. is a monotypic genus of stick insects in the tribe Pachymorphini. The single species Acanthoderus spinosus has a known distribution in Australia.[http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1203789 Phasmida Species File: genus Acanthoderus Gray, 1835 (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 19 July 2021)]

From 1859 until 1875 the similar but unrelated Hoploclonia gecko was placed in the genus Acanthoderus.

File:Hoploclonia gecko - Westwood 1859.jpg, 1859]]