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Cranidium

Cranidium is an monotypic genus of stick insects in the monotypic tribe Cranidiini. The single species Cranidium gibbosum has been recorded from northern Brazil, French Guiana, and Surinam.

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Cranidium
Cranidium gibbosum male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Cladomorphinae
Genus: Cranidium
Westwood, 1843
Species:
C. gibbosum
Binomial name
Cranidium gibbosum
Westwood, 1843
Synonyms

Phasmilliger Carrera, 1960

Cranidium1 is an monotypic genus of stick insects in the monotypic tribe Cranidiini. The single species Cranidium gibbosum has been recorded from northern Brazil, French Guiana, and Surinam.2

C. gibbosum female source ↗
References

References

  1. Westwood (1843) The Arcana Museum of Nature 2: 49.
  2. Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 3 July 2021)
External links
  • Media related to Cranidium at Wikimedia Commons