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Xeroderinae

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Xeroderinae
Dimorphodes sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Suborder: Euphasmatodea
Infraorder: Anareolatae
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Xeroderinae
Günther, 1953

The Xeroderinae[1] are a sub-family of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae: genera are found in tropical Asia and Australasia; there is a single tribe: the Xeroderini Günther, 1953.

Genera

  1. Caledoniophasma Günther, 1953
  2. Cnipsus Zompro, 2001
  3. Dimorphodes Wood-Mason, 1878
  4. Epicharmus Westwood, 1859
  5. Leosthenes Stål, 1875
  6. Nisyrus Stål, 1875 (synonym Cotylosoma Wood-Mason, 1878)
  7. Sinoxenophasmina Ho, 2021
  8. Xenophasmina Uvarov, 1940
  9. Xeroderus Gray, 1835

References

  1. ^ Günther (1953) Beiträge zur Entomologie, Berlin 3(5): 547.