Lonchodidae
{{Short description|Family of stick insects}}
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| image = Acanthomenexenus polyacanthus - even adult male1.JPG
| image_caption = Acanthomenexenus polyacanthus (Lonchodini)
| taxon = Lonchodidae
| authority = Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
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LonchodidaeBrunner von Wattenwyl (1893) Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova (2)13(33): 80. is a family of stick insects, with more than 150 genera and 1,000 described species.
The subfamilies Necrosciinae and Lonchodinae, formerly part of Diapheromeridae, were determined to make up a separate family and were transferred to the re-established family Lonchodidae in 2018.
Subfamilies and tribes
- Lonchodinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- tribe Eurycanthini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- tribe Lonchodini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- tribe not determined
- genus Megalophasma Bi, 1995
- genus Papuacocelus Hennemann & Conle, 2006
- Necrosciinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- tribe Necrosciini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
References
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{{Cite web| title=Lonchodidae
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/3259900
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=22 March 2019
}}
{{Cite journal
| title = Evolution of Oviposition Techniques in Stick and Leaf Insects (Phasmatodea)
| journal = Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
| date = 2018
| last1 = Robertson | first1 = James A.
| last2 = Bradler | first2 = Sven
| last3 = Whiting | first3 = Michael F.
| volume = 6
| doi = 10.3389/fevo.2018.00216
| doi-access = free
}}
}}
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