Lonchodidae

{{Short description|Family of stick insects}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Acanthomenexenus polyacanthus - even adult male1.JPG

| image_caption = Acanthomenexenus polyacanthus (Lonchodini)

| taxon = Lonchodidae

| authority = Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

| synonyms =

}}

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.

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Subfamilies and tribes

References

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{{Cite web| title=Lonchodidae

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/3259900

| website=GBIF

| accessdate=22 March 2019

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{{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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