Phobaeticus
| Phobaeticus | |
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| Phobaeticus serratipes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Phasmatidae |
| Subfamily: | Clitumninae |
| Tribe: | Pharnaciini |
| Genus: | Phobaeticus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 |
| Species | |
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Phobaeticus albus | |
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Phobaeticus is a genus of stick insects comprising over 25 species. It includes Phobaeticus chani, the longest known insect.[1]
The generic name of some species used to be Pharnacia (e.g. Phobaeticus serratipes was known as Pharnacia serratipes).
References
- ↑ Hennemann, F.H.; Conle, O.V. (October 2008). "Revision of Oriental Phasmatodea: The tribe Pharnaciini Günther, 1953, including the description of the world's longest insect, and a survey of the family Phasmatidae Gray, 1835 with keys to the subfamilies and tribes (Phasmatodea: "Anareolatae": Phasmatidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa (Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press) 1906: 1–316. ISSN 1175-5326. Retrieved 2008-10-16.