Acrophylla

Acrophylla
Acrophylla wuelfingi male specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Tribe: Phasmatini
Genus:
Gray, 1835
Synonyms[1]
  • Vetilia Redtenbacher, 1908

Acrophylla is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Phasmatini, erected by George Robert Gray in 1835.[2] Species are found in Sichuan, Australia, New Guinea and surrounding islands such as Tasmania and Larat.[1]

Species

The Phasmida Species File[1] includes:

  1. Acrophylla alta Coupland & Emmott, 2025
  2. Acrophylla bhaskarai Conle & Hennemann, 2018
  3. Acrophylla cookorum Brock & Coupland, 2022
  4. Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835
  5. Acrophylla maindroni (Redtenbacher, 1908)
  6. Acrophylla nubilosa Tepper, 1905
  7. Acrophylla sichuanensis Chen & He, 2001
  8. Acrophylla thoon (Stål, 1877)
  9. Acrophylla titan (MacLeay, 1826) - type species (as Phasma titan Macleay)
  10. Acrophylla wuelfingi (Redtenbacher, 1908)

References

  1. ^ a b c Phasmida Species File: genus Acrophylla Gray, 1835. (retrieved 31 July 2025)
  2. ^ Gray GR (1835) In: Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, London. 1–48 pp. Available here