List of Phasmatodea of Australia

Extatosoma tiaratum

This is a list of the Australian Phasmatodea. There are approximately 150 species.

The list is organized from family, to subfamily, genus and then species.

Phasmatidae

subfamily: Platycraninae

genus: Anophelepis

• Anophelepis telesphorus

genus: Graeffea

• Graeffea coccophaga

genus: Megacrania

• Megacrania batesii
• Megacrania alpheus

genus: Echetlus

• Echetlus peristhenes

subfamily: Palophinae

Dryococelus australis

genus: Palophus

• (3 undescribed species)

subfamily: Eurycanthinae

genus: Eurycantha

• Eurycantha sifia

genus: Dryococelus

• Dryococelus australis

subfamily: Lonchodinae

genus: Lonchodes

• Lonchodes caurus
• Lonchodes longiceps

genus: Carausius

• Carausius insularis
• Carausius macerrimus

genus: Hyrtacus

• Hyrtacus coenosa
• Hyrtacus eutrachelia
• Hyrtacus peridromes
• Hyrtacus tuberculatus
• Hyrtacus imitans
• Hyrtacus carinata
• Hyrtacus striatus
• (16 undescribed species)

genus: Marcenia

• Marcenia frenchi
• Marcenia gracilis

genus: Austrocarausius

• Austrocarausius mercurius
• Austrocarausius nigropunctatus

subfamily: Pachymorphinae

genus: Acanthoderus

• Acanthoderus spinosus

genus: Pachymorpha

• Pachymorpha squalida
• Pachymorpha simplicipes
• Pachymorpha pasithoe
• (14 undescribed species)

subfamily: Phasmatinae

genus: Ctenomorpha

• Ctenomorpha chronus
• Ctenomorpha acheron
• Ctenomorpha haworthii
• Ctenomorpha macleayi
• Ctenomorpha caprella
• Ctenomorpha salmacis

genus: Acrophylla Gray

• Acrophylla titan
• Acrophylla cornuta
• Acrophylla nubilosa
• Acrophylla paula
• Acrophylla ligula
• Acrophylla wuelfingi

genus: Eurycnema

Eurycnema goliath nymph

• Eurycnema goliath
• Eurycnema osiris

genus: Baculum

• Baculum stilpnoides

genus: Anchiale

• Anchiale austrotessulata
• Anchiale briareus
• Anchiale maculata
• Anchiale spinicollis

genus: Arphax

• Arphax brunneus
• Arphax australis
• Arphax dolomedes
• Arphax signatus
• Arphax michaelseni

genus: Clitarchus

• Clitarchus laeviusculus
• Clitarchus longipes

genus: Hermarchus

• Hermarchus polynesicus

genus: Vetilia

• Vetilia enceladus
• Vetilia thoon

genus: Onchestus

• Onchestus gorgus
• Onchestus pasimachus
• Onchestus rentzi
• (2 undescribed species)

genus: Acanthomima

• Acanthomima periphanes
• Acanthomima rhipheus

genus: Paronchestus

• Paronchestus charon

genus: Ctenomorphodes

• Ctenomorphodes briareus
• Ctenomorphodes tessulatus
• Ctenomorphodes aliena
• (3 undescribed species)

subfamily: Xeroderinae

Tropidoderus childrenii

genus: Xeroderus

• Xeroderus kirbii
• (1 undescribed species)

genus: Cooktownia

• Cooktownia plana

subfamily: Tropidoderinae

genus: Extatosoma

• Extatosoma tiaratum
• Extatosoma popa

genus: Podacanthus

• Podacanthus typhon
• Podacanthus viridiroseus
• Podacanthus wilkinsoni
• (1 undescribed species)

genus: Tropidoderus

• Tropidoderus childrenii
• Tropidoderus rhodomus
• Tropidoderus michaelseni
• Tropidoderus gracilifemur
• Tropidoderus prasina

genus: Lysicles

• Lysicles hippolytus
• Lysicles insignis

genus: Vasilissa

• Vasilissa walkeri

genus: Didymuria

• Didymuria violences

genus: Malandania

• Malandania pulchra

unplaced genera:

genus: Bacillus

• Bacillus peristhenellus

genus: Eubulides

• Eubulides spuria

genus: Austroclonistria

• Austroclonistria serrulata

genus: Denhama

• Denhama aussa

Phylliidae

subfamily: Phylliinae

genus: Phyllium

• Phyllium siccifolium
• Phyllium frondosum
• phyllium monteithei

genus: Nanophyllium

• Nanophyllium Australianum

subfamily: Necrosciinae

Acrophylla titan

genus: Necroscia

• Necroscia bella

genus: Sipyloidea

• Sipyloidea carterus
• Sipyloidea filiformis
• Sipyloidea gracilipes
• Sipyloidea nelida
• Sipyloidea ovabdita
• Sipyloidea similis
• (13 undescribed species)

genus: Haaniella

• Haaniella grayii

genus: Anasceles

• (1 undescribed species)

genus: Mesaner

• Mesaner sarpedon

genus: Parasipyloidea

• Parasipyloidea aberrata
• Parasipyloidea annulata
• Parasipyloidea granulosa
• Parasipyloidea ignotus
• Parasipyloidea spurcata
• Parasipyloidea tener
• Parasipyloidea cercata
• Parasipyloidea strumosa
• Parasipyloidea pallida
• (11 undescribed species)

genus: Parasosibia

• Parasosibia australica

genus: Neopromachus

• Neopromachus sordidus

genus: Malandella

• Malandella queenslandica

genus: Scionecra

• Scionecra queenslandica

References

1. Order Phasmatodea Jacobsen & Bianchi, 1902

See also

• List of Australian stick insects and mantids
• Phasmatodea
• Order Phasmatodea, Distribution Map