Carausius (Phasmatodea)

Carausius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Suborder: Verophasmatodea
Family: Diapheromeridae
Genus: Carausius
Stål, 1875
Species

Many; see text

Carausius is a genus of the tribe Lonchodini, in the order Phasmatodea (stick and leaf insects). The genus is in many ways typical of the Phasmatodea in that all species are twig-like in appearance.

Carausius morosus is the most commonly kept stick insect in captivity.

Species

  • Carausius abbreviatus
  • Carausius abdominalis
  • Carausius alluaudi
  • Carausius appetens
  • Carausius baumei
  • Carausius bilobatus
  • Carausius bolivari
  • Carausius bracatus
  • Carausius burri
  • Carausius capreolus
  • Carausius chani
  • Carausius crawangensis
  • Carausius cristatus
  • Carausius debilis
  • Carausius detractus
  • Carausius exsul
  • Carausius fruhstorferi
  • Carausius furcatus
  • Carausius furcillatus
  • Carausius gardineri

  • Carausius glabra
  • Carausius globosus
  • Carausius granulatus
  • Carausius haedulus
  • Carausius heinrichi
  • Carausius hilaris
  • Carausius huapingensis
  • Carausius imbellis
  • Carausius incertus
  • Carausius insolens
  • Carausius irregulariterlobatus
  • Carausius juvenilis
  • Carausius lobulatipes
  • Carausius macerrimus
  • Carausius mancus
  • Carausius margaritatus
  • Carausius minutus
  • Carausius mirabilis
  • Carausius morosus
  • Carausius nodosus

  • Carausius parvus
  • Carausius patruclis
  • Carausius proximus
  • Carausius pustalosus
  • Carausius rotundatolobatus
  • Carausius rudissimus
  • Carausius rugosus
  • Carausius sanguineoligatus
  • Carausius scotti
  • Carausius sechellensis
  • Carausius serratus
  • Carausius sikkimensis
  • Carausius simplex
  • Carausius spinosus
  • Carausius squeleton
  • Carausius strumosus
  • Carausius tanahrataensis
  • Carausius theiseni
  • Carausius vacillans
  • Carausius virgo

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