Megacraniinae
{{Short description|Subfamily of stick insects}}
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The MegacraniinaeHennemann (2020) Zootaxa 4896(2): 151. are an anareolate subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. Their known distribution includes Malesia and islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans.[http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1241102 Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 13 February 2021)] Several genera have been revised and were placed previously in the Platycraninae.
Genera
The Phasmida Species File lists:
- Acanthograeffea Günther, 1932
- Apterograeffea Cliquennois & Brock, 2002
- Davidrentzia - monotypic D. valida Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
- Erastus Redtenbacher, 1908
- Graeffea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1868
- Megacrania Kaup, 1871
- Ophicrania Kaup, 1871
- Xenomaches Kirby, 1896 - monotypic Xenomaches incommodus (Butler, 1876)
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