Pachyscia

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Pachyscia is a genus of Asian stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini, erected by Josef Redtenbacher in 1908.Redtenbacher J (1908) Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3: 530. Species have been recorded from Vietnam and China.{{cite web |work=Phasmida Species File |url= http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1203193|title= Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) Genus Pachyscia Redtenbacher, 1908|accessdate=26 November 2022}}

Species

The Phasmida Species File lists:

  1. Pachyscia bipunctata Redtenbacher, 1908
  2. Pachyscia dilatata (Chen & He, 2004)
  3. Pachyscia hainanensis Ho, 2013
  4. Pachyscia heishidingensis Ho, 2012
  5. Pachyscia longicauda (Bi, 1990)
  6. Pachyscia plagiata Redtenbacher, 1908 - type species (by subsequent designation: multiple localities in Vietnam)
  7. Pachyscia quadriguttata (Chen & He, 1996)

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