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Lobofemora

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Lobofemora
Lobofemora bidoupensis female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Clitumninae
Tribe: Clitumnini
Genus: Lobofemora
Bresseel & Constant, 2015

Lobofemora[1] is a genus of stick insects in the subfamily Clitumninae. Species have known distributions from National Parks in Vietnam.[2]

The type species is L. scheirei, the males of which are able to stridulate by rubbing the outer margins of the tegmina against the subcostal and radial veins of the alae.

Species

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The Phasmida Species File[2] lists:

References

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  1. ^ Bresseel J, Constant J (2015) "The new genus of stick insect Lobofemora from Vietnam, with the description of three new species (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Clitumnini)." European Journal of Taxonomy 115: 1–25
  2. ^ a b "Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) Lobofemora". PSF. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
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