List of Phasmatodea of Australia



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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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