Lonchodinae

{{Short description|Subfamily of stick insects}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Phasmatidae - Eurycantha horrida-001.JPG

| image_caption = Eurycantha horrida

| taxon = Lonchodinae

| authority = Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

| synonyms =

}}

The Lonchodinae are a subfamily of stick insects in the family Lonchodidae found in: Australasia, Asia, Africa, Southern America and the Pacific.

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.

Tribes and genera

The Phasmida Species File[http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1200524 Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)] lists two established tribes:

= Eurycanthini =

Authority: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

= Lonchodini =

Authority: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (synonym Menexenini)

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= ''Incertae Sedis'' and Re-Named =

The tribe Neohiraseini Hennemann & Conle, 2008 is now considered a junior synonym in the family Diapheromeridae: subfamily Necrosciinae.

References

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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

}}

}}