Necrosciinae | |
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Yellow umbrella stick insect (Eurynecrosia nigrofasciata) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Lonchodidae |
Subfamily: | Necrosciinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
Necrosciinae is a subfamily of the stick insect family Lonchodidae, with its greatest diversity in South-East Asia.
The subfamilies Necrosciinae and Lonchodinae, formerly part of Diapheromeridae, were determined to make up a separate family and were transferred to the re-established family Lonchodidae in 2018.[1]
The Phasmida Species File[2] includes the genera below; most belong to the tribe Necrosciini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893:
Auth.: Günther, 1953; distribution: India, Thailand, Malesia
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