Aschiphasma

Aschiphasma
Aschiphasma annulipes from Sarawak
A. annulipes from Perak
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Family:	Aschiphasmatidae
Subfamily:	Aschiphasmatinae
Tribe:	Aschiphasmatini
Genus:	Aschiphasma Westwood, 1834
Synonyms
Ascephasma Haan, 1842 Aschipasma Westwood, 1859 Perlamorpha Audinet-Serville, 1838 Perlamorphus Gray, 1835 Ascepasma Burmeister, 1838

Aschiphasma is an Asian genus of stick insects in the tribe Aschiphasmatini and is also the type genus for the family. Species currently have a known distribution throughout western Malesia.

Species

Aschiphasma includes the following species:

• Aschiphasma annulipes Westwood, 1834 - type species, locality Java
• Aschiphasma piceum Redtenbacher, 1906
  • synonyms: A. modestum Redtenbacher, 1906, A. viridilineatum Redtenbacher, 1906

External links

• Media related to Aschiphasma at Wikimedia Commons