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English species names of Family Phasmatidae Roberts, 1944
Walking sticks


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Phasmida
Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902
Leaf and Stick Insects, Leaf insects, Phasmids
37
773
8257
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyPhasmatidae
Roberts, 1944
Walking sticks
234
2788
Genera
Species


A
Aila Keto’s Stick-insectParapodacanthus ailaketoae Brock & Monteith, 2018
Alluaud's stick insectCarausius alluaudi Bolivar, 1895
Annam Stick InsectMedauroidea extradentata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Annam Walking StickMedauroidea extradentata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Australian Arphax Stick-insectArphax australis Charpentier, 1845
Australian Giant Spiny Stick InsectExtatosoma tiaratum MacLeay, 1826
Australian Ridged Stick-insectDenhama austrocarinata Otte & Brock, 2005
Australian Walking StickExtatosoma tiaratum MacLeay, 1826


B
Baehr's Stick-insectParactenomorpha baehri Hennemann & Conle, 2004
Baehr´s Stick-insectParactenomorpha baehri Hennemann & Conle, 2004
Bangladesh Rhamphophasma Stick InsectRhamphophasma spinicorne Stål, 1875
Bangladesh Rhamphophasma Stick InsectRhamphophasma spinicornis Stål, 1875
Beak-End Warty-Legged Stick InsectStheneboea verruculosa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Beautiful Malanda Stick-insectMalandania pulchra Sjöstedt, 1918
Black-spined Stick InsectAcanthoxyla prasina Westwood, 1859
Black-spotted Stick-insectAustrocarausius nigropunctatus Kirby, 1896
Blue Mountain stick-insectXeroderus kirbii Gray, 1835
Brazilian Giant Stick InsectCladomorphus phyllinus Gray, 1835
Bristly Stick InsectArgosarchus horridus White, 1846
Brown Arphax Stick-insectArphax brunneus Gray, 1833
Bulb-End Stick InsectCarausius globosus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907


C
Cantor's Stick InsectTirachoidea cantori Westwood, 1859
Cantor´s Stick InsectTirachoidea cantori Westwood, 1859
Cape York Stick-insectDidymuria virginea Stål, 1875
Chan's MegastickPhobaeticus chani Bragg in Hennemann & Conle, 2008
Chan's MegastickSadyattes chani Bragg, 2008
Chan´s MegastickPhobaeticus chani Bragg in Hennemann & Conle, 2008
Chiang Mai Stick InsectRamulus siamensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Chiang Mai Stick InsectBaculomia siamensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Children's Stick InsectTropidoderus childrenii Gray, 1833
Children's Stick-insectTropidoderus childrenii Gray, 1833
Children’s Stick-insectTropidoderus childrenii Gray, 1833
Children´s stick insectTropidoderus childrenii Gray, 1833
Children´s Stick-insectTropidoderus childrenii Gray, 1833
Children’s Stick-insectTropidoderus childrenii Gray, 1833
Chini's PharnaciaPharnacia chiniensis Seow-Choen, 1998
Christmas Island Stick-insectRamulus stilpnoides Kirby, 1888
Christmas-Island Stick-insectRamulus stilpnoides Kirby, 1888
Cigar Stick InsectCigarrophasma tessellatum Brock & Hasenpusch, 2001
Cigar Stick-insectCigarrophasma tessellatum Brock & Hasenpusch, 2001
Cigar Stick-insectCigarrophasma Brock & Hasenpusch, 2001
Cigar Stick-insectsCigarrophasma Brock & Hasenpusch, 2001
Cloudy Stick-insectAcrophylla nubilosa Tepper, 1905
Club-End Wart-legged Stick InsectStheneboea repudiosa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Coconut Stick InsectGraeffea crouanii Le Guillou, 1841
Common Seychelles Stick InsectCarausius sechellensis Bolivar, 1895
Common stick insectCarausius morosus Brunner, 1907
Costa Rica Stick InsectDiapherodes gigantea Gmelin, 1789
Crafty Arphax Stick-insectArphax dolomedes Westwood, 1859
Crowned Stick InsectOnchestus rentzi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2006


D
Darwin Stick InsectEurycnema osiris Gray, 1834
Darwin Stick-insectEurycnema osiris Gray, 1834
Denham Stick-insectDenhama aussa Werner, 1912
Distinguished Stick-insectHermarchus insignis Kaup & Heyden, 1871
Dorey Stick InsectNeopromachus doreyanus Bates, 1865
Dragon Stick InsectHaplopus jamaicensis Drury, 1773
Dragon Stick InsectDiapherodes jamaicensis Drury, 1773
Dull Spiny Stick-insectNeopromachus sordidus Kirby, 1896


F
Four-spined Stick InsectParapachymorpha spiniger Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Four-spined Stick InsectParapachymorpha spinigera Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Fractured Stick InsectBaculofractum insigne Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Fractured Stick InsectBaculofractum insignis Brunner, 1907


G
Gardiner's Stick InsectCarausius gardineri Ferriere, 1912
Gardiner´s Stick InsectCarausius gardineri Ferriere, 1912
Gargantuan Stick-insectCtenomorpha gargantua Hasenpusch & Brock, 2006
Giant Acrophylla stck-insectAcrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835
Giant Acrophylla Stick-insectAcrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835
Giant Brown Stick InsectPharnacia biceps Redtenbacher, 1908
Giant Brown Stick InsectTirachoidea biceps Redtenbacher, 1908
Giant Green Stick InsectHaplopus cytherea Westwood, 1859
Giant Malayan Stick InsectPhobaeticus serratipes Gray, G.R., 1835
Giant Prickly Stick InsectExtatosoma tiaratum MacLeay, 1826
Giant Spiny Stick InsectEurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869
Giant Spiny Stick-insectEurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869
Giant Stick InsectPhasma gigas Linnaeus, 1758
Giant Walking StickPhobaeticus serratipes Gray, G.R., 1835
Goliath stick insectEurycnema goliath Gray, 1834
Goliath Stick InsectClemacantha goliath Gray, 1834
Goliath stick-insectEurycnema goliath Gray, 1834
Gorgon Stick-insectOnchestus gorgus Westwood, 1859
Graceful Stick-insectDenhama gracilis Sjöstedt, 1918
Great Thin Stick InsectRamulus nematodes Haan, 1842
Green Stick-insectTropidoderus prasina Sjöstedt, 1918


H
Hasenpusch Family Stick-insectParapodacanthus hasenpuschorum Brock, 2003
Heavy Stick InsectPharnacia ponderosa Stål, 1877
Hong Kong Spiny Stick InsectNeohirasea hongkongensis Brock & Seow-Choen, 2000
Hong Kong Stick InsectPhraortes stomphax Westwood, 1859
Horned Stick-insectParonchestus cornutus Tepper, 1905
Hump-backed Stick InsectCranidium gibbosum Burmeister, 1838


I
Indian stick insectCarausius morosus Brunner, 1907
Indian Stick-insectCarausius morosus Brunner, 1907


J
Japanese Stick-insectPhraortes elongatus Thunberg, 1815
Jiva's Stick-insectMicropodacanthus sztrakai Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Jiva´s Stick-insectMicropodacanthus sztrakai Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Jobra Stick InsectMedaura jobrensis Brock & Cliquennois, 2001


K
Key's Stick-insectPodacanthus keyi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Key?s Stick-insectPodacanthus keyi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Keyâ's Stick-insectPodacanthus keyi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Key´s Stick-insectPodacanthus keyi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Kirby's Stick-insectXeroderus kirbyi Gray & G.R., 1835
Kirby´s Stick-insectXeroderus kirbii Gray, 1835
Knob-Backed Stick InsectCarausius nodosus Haan, 1842
Koshun Stick InsectEntoria koshunensis Shiraki, 1935


L
Laboratory stick insectCarausius morosus Brunner, 1907
Laboratory Stick-insectCarausius morosus Brunner, 1907
Land LobsterDryococelus australis Montrouzier, 1885
Large pink-winged stick insectPodacanthus typhon Gray, 1833
Large Pink-winged Stick-insectPodacanthus typhon Gray, 1833
Lined Stick-insectDenhama striata Sjöstedt, 1918
Lobe-legged Stick-insectAcrophylla caprella Westwood, 1859
Lobed-abdomen Stick-insectHyrtacus tuberculatus Stål, 1875
Long Denhama Stick-insectDenhama longiceps Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Lord Howe Island PhasmidDryococelus australis Montrouzier, 1885
Lord Howe Island Stick InsectDryococelus australe Montrouzier, 1855
Lord Howe Island stick insectDryococelus australis Montrouzier, 1885
Lord Howe Island Stick-insectDryococelus australis Montrouzier, 1885
Lysicles Stick-insectHyrtacus tuberculatus Stål, 1875
Lysicles Stick-insectLysicles hippolytus Stål, 1877


M
Macleay's SpectreExtatosoma tiaratum MacLeay, 1826
Macleay?s SpectreExtatosoma tiaratum tiaratum MacLeay, 1826
Macleay´s spectreExtatosoma tiaratum MacLeay, 1826
Macleay´s SpectreExtatosoma tiaratum tiaratum MacLeay, 1826
Macleay’s SpectreExtatosoma tiaratum tiaratum MacLeay, 1826
Malayan Highland Spiny Stick InsectNeohirasea unnoi Brock, 1999
Mallet's Stick InsectStaelonchodes malleti Bragg, 2001
Margined - wing stick-insectCtenomorpha marginipennis Gray, 1833
Margined-winged Stick-insectCtenomorpha marginipennis Gray, 1833
Matang Megabeast Stick InsectHermagoras megabeast Bragg, 2001
Mauritius Rough Stick InsectRhaphiderus scabrosus Percheron, 1829
Mayer's WalkingstickHaplopus scabricollis Gray, 1835
Mayer´s WalkingstickHaplopus mayeri Caudell, 1905
Michaelsen's Arphax Stick-insectArphax michaelseni Werner, 1912
Michaelsen's Stick-insectTropidoderus michaelseni Werner, 1912
Michaelsen?s Stick-insectArphax michaelseni Werner, 1912
Michaelsen’s Stick-insectTropidoderus michaelseni Werner, 1912
Michaelsen´s Arphax Stick-insectArphax michaelseni Werner, 1912
Michaelsen´s Stick-insectTropidoderus michaelseni Werner, 1912
Mindanaon Stick InsectMnesilochus mindanaense Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Modest Lonchodes Stick InsectMnesilochus modestus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Mould&Micropodacanthus mouldsi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Mould's Stick-insectMicropodacanthus mouldsi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Mouldâ's Stick-insectMicropodacanthus mouldsi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Moulds's Stick-insectMicropodacanthus mouldsi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Moulds´s Stick-insectMicropodacanthus mouldsi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Mould´s Stick-insectMicropodacanthus mouldsi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Mould’s Stick-insectMicropodacanthus mouldsi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Mt Kinabalu Stick InsectPhenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907


N
Naga Stick InsectCuniculina insignis Wood-Mason, 1873
New Zealand giant stick insectArgosarchus horridus White, 1846


O
Oil Palm Stick InsectEurycantha insularis Lucas, 1869
Orange-Kneed Stick InsectStaelonchodes geniculatus Gray, G.R., 1835
Orange-spined Stick-insectParatropidoderus spinosus Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007


P
Pandanus stick insectMegacrania batesii Kirby, 1896
Peppermint Stick InsectMegacrania batesii Kirby, 1896
Peppermint Stick-insectMegacrania batesii Kirby, 1896
Pincer-End Stick InsectCarausius spinosus spinosus
Pincer-End Stick InsectCarausius spinosus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Pink-winged PhasmaPodacanthus typhon Gray, 1833
Plain Stick InsectCarausius crawangensis Haan, 1842
Plain Stick-insectAustrocarausius mercurius Stål, 1877
Popa Stick InsectExtatosoma popa Stål, 1875
Prickly Stick InsectAcanthoxyla geisovii Kaup, 1866
Prickly stick insectAcanthoxyla prasina Westwood, 1859
Prickly Stick-insectAcanthoxyla prasina Westwood, 1859
Prickly Stick-insectAcanthoxyla geisovii Kaup, 1866
Prickly Stick-insectAcanthoxyla prasina geisovii Kaup, 1866


Q
Quick Stick-insectAcrophylla thoon Stål, 1877
Quick stick-insectAcrophylla wuelfingi Redtenbacher, 1908


R
Red Seychelles Stick InsectCarausius alluaudi Bolivar, 1895
Red-Shouldered Stick-insectTropidoderus rhodomus Mccoy, 1882
Red-Winged Green Giant Stick InsectEurycnema versirubra Serville, 1838
Red-winged Green Giant Stick-insectEurycnema versirubra Serville, 1838
Red-Winged Stick-insectPodacanthus viridiroseus Gray, 1835
Red-winged stick-insectPodacanthus wilkinsoni MacLeay, 1882
Regal Stick InsectEurycnema goliath Gray, 1834
Rentz's Stick-insectOnchestus rentzi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2006
Rentz's Strong Stick-insectDavidrentzia valida Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Rentz?s Strong Stick-insectDavidrentzia valida Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Rentzâ's Stick-insectOnchestus rentzi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2006
Rentzâ's Strong Stick-insectDavidrentzia valida Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Rentz´s Stick-insectOnchestus rentzi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2006
Rentz´s Strong Stick-insectDavidrentzia valida Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Rentz’s Stick-insectOnchestus rentzi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2006
Reunion Stick InsectRhaphiderus spiniger Lucas, 1862
Reunion Thorny Stick InsectMonandroptera acanthomera Burmeister, 1838
Ringbarker phasmatidPodacanthus wilkinsoni MacLeay, 1882
Ringbarker Stick-insectPodacanthus wilkinsoni MacLeay, 1882
Rough Stick InsectMedaura scabriuscula Wood-Mason, 1873


S
Sarawak Stick InsectStaelonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859
Scott's Spiny Stick InsectCarausius scotti Ferriere, 1912
Scott's stick insectCarausius scotti Ferriere, 1912
Scott´s Spiny Stick InsectCarausius scotti Ferriere, 1912
Seychelles Palm Stick InsectGraeffea seychellensis Ferriere, 1912
Seychelles Stick InsectCarausius sechellensis Bolivar, 1895
Short-winged Stick-insectAnophelepis telesphorus Westwood, 1859
Sjöstedt's Graceful Stick-insectTropidoderus gracilifemur Sjöstedt, 1918
Sjöstedt´s Graceful Stick-insectTropidoderus gracilifemur Sjöstedt, 1918
Sjostedt´s graceful stick-insectHyrtacus caurus Tepper, 1905
Sjöstedt’s Graceful Stick-insectTropidoderus gracilifemur Sjöstedt, 1918
Slender-dark Stick-insectParonchestus pasimachus Westwood, 1859
Small Prickly PNG Stick InsectNeopromachus doreyanus Bates, 1865
Smooth Stick InsectClitarchus hookeri White, 1846
Smooth Stick-insectClitarchus hookeri White, 1846
Spiky-thorax Stick-insectParonchestus charon Redtenbacher, 1908
Spiny Anchiale Stick-insectAnchiale spinicollis Gray, 1833
Spiny Devil Stick InsectEurycantha horrida Boisduval, 1835
Spiny Leaf insectExtatosoma tiaratum MacLeay, 1826
Spiny thorax Stick-insectAcanthomima rhipheus Westwood, 1859
Spiny-thorax Stick-insectAcanthomima rhipheus Westwood, 1859
Spur Legged PhasmidDidymuria violences Leach, 1815
Spur legged phasmidDidymuria violescens Leach, 1814
Spur-legged PhasmidDidymuria violescens Leach, 1814
Spur-legged Stick-insectDidymuria violescens Leach, 1814
Spurlegged phasmatidDidymuria violescens Leach, 1814
Sri Lankan Stick InsectCuniculina cuniculus Westwood, 1859
Sri Lankan Stick InsectCuniculina cunicula Westwood, 1859
Stick InsectCtenomorpha chronus Gray, 1833
Stick InsectParatropidoderus spinosus Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Stilpna Stick InsectCuniculina stilpna Westwood, 1859
Striped Arphax Stick-insectArphax signatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Strong Stick InsectAnchiale briareus Gray, 1834
Strong Stick-insectAnchiale briareus Gray, 1834
Sulawesi Stick InsectPeriphetes forcipatus Bates, 1865
Sumatran Stick InsectPharnacia sumatrana Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Super Z-Bends Stick InsectHermagoras hosei Kirby, 1896
Swan River Stick-insectLysicles periphanes Westwood, 1859


T
Taiwan Stick InsectEntoria formosana Shiraki, 1911
Tanahrata's Knob-Back Stick InsectCarausius tanahrataensis Seow-Choen, 2000
Tanahrata´s Knob-Back Stick InsectCarausius tanahrataensis Seow-Choen, 2000
Tepper's Plain Stick-insectHyrtacus caurus Tepper, 1905
Tepperâ's Plain Stick-insectHyrtacus caurus Tepper, 1905
Tepper´s Plain Stick-insectHyrtacus caurus Tepper, 1905
Tepper’s Plain Stick-insectHyrtacus caurus Tepper, 1905
Tesselated PhasmaidCtenomorphodes tessulatus Gray, G.R., 1835
Tesselated phasmidAnchiale austrotessulata Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Tesselated PhasmidCtenomorphodes tessulatus Gray, G.R., 1835
Tessellated phasmatidCtenomorphodes tessulatus Gray, G.R., 1835
Tessellated Stick InsectCtenomorpha tessulata Gray, G.R., 1835
Tessellated Stick-insectAnchiale austrotessulata Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
Tessulata stick insectCtenomorphodes tessulatus Gray, G.R., 1835
Thai Stick InsectRamulus thaii Hausleithner, 1985
Thailand Stick InsectRamulus thaii Hausleithner, 1985
Thainy Spiny Stick InsectParapachymorpha spinosa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Thainy Spiny Stick InsectSpinoparapachymorpha spinosa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
The Common Stick InsectClitarchus hookeri White, 1846
The Horrid Stick InsectArgosarchus horridus White, 1846
The Three Kings Stick InsectPseudoclitarchus sentus Salmon, 1948
Thorny Devil Stick InsectEurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869
Titan stick insectAcrophylla titan MacLeay, 1826
Titan Stick-insectAcrophylla titan MacLeay, 1826
Tree lobsterDryococelus australis Montrouzier, 1885
Tsuda's Giant Stick-insectMegacrania tsudai Shiraki, 1933
Tsuda´s Giant Stick-insectMegacrania tsudai Shiraki, 1933


U
Unarmed Stick InsectAcanthoxyla inermis Salmon, 1955
Unarmed Stick-insectAcanthoxyla prasina Westwood, 1859
Unarmed Stick-insectAcanthoxyla prasina inermis Salmon, 1955
Unarmed Stick-insectAcanthoxyla inermis Salmon, 1955
Unno's Stick InsectNeohirasea unnoi Brock, 1999
Unno´s Stick InsectNeohirasea unnoi Brock, 1999


V
Victoria Stick InsectEntoria victoria Brock & Seow-Choen, 2000
Vietnam Prickly Stick InsectNeohirasea maerens maerens
Vietnam Prickly Stick InsectNeohirasea maerens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907


W
WA Slender Stick-insectEchetlus peristhenes Westwood, 1859
WA Thin Stick-insectDenhama eutrachelia Westwood, 1859
Walker's Stick-insectVasilissa walkeri Kirby, 1896
Walker?s Stick-insectVasilissa walkeri Kirby, 1896
Walkerâ's Stick-insectVasilissa walkeri Kirby, 1896
Walker´s Stick-insectVasilissa walkeri Kirby, 1896
Walking StickPhasma gigas Linnaeus, 1758
Warty-Legged Stick InsectStheneboea malaya Stål, 1875
Western Australia Slender Stick-insectEchetlus peristhenes Westwood, 1859
Western Australia Thin Stick-insectDenhama eutrachelia Westwood, 1859
Woodford's Stick InsectChondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896
Woodford´s Stick InsectChondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896
Wülfing's Stick InsectAcrophylla wuelfingi Redtenbacher, 1908
Wülfing's Stick-insectAcrophylla wuelfingi Redtenbacher, 1908
Wülfing´s Stick-insectAcrophylla wuelfingi Redtenbacher, 1908
Wülfing’s Stick-insectAcrophylla wuelfingi Redtenbacher, 1908


Y
Yellow-winged SpectreTropidoderus childrenii Gray, 1833


Z
Z-Bends Stick InsectMnesilochus imitator Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Z-Bends Stick InsectHermagoras imitator Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
Zompro's Stick InsectParapachymorpha zomproi Fritzsche & Gitsaga, 2000
Zompro´s Stick InsectParapachymorpha zomproi Fritzsche & Gitsaga, 2000


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