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Pachymorpha

Pachymorpha is a genus of phasmids belonging to the family Diapheromeridae.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Tribe: Pachymorphini
Genus: Pachymorpha
Gray, 1835

Pachymorpha is a genus of phasmids belonging to the family Diapheromeridae.1

The species of this genus are found in Australasia, Africa, Madagascar and tropical Asia up to southern China.2

Species

The Phasmida Species File lists:2

  • Pachymorpha arguta Chen & Y.H.He, 2008
  • Pachymorpha belocerca Chen & Y.H.He, 2008
  • Pachymorpha carli (Günther, 1937)
  • Pachymorpha congensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
  • Pachymorpha darnis (Westwood, 1859)
  • Pachymorpha epidicus (Günther, 1935)
  • Pachymorpha madagassa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
  • Pachymorpha meruensis Sjöstedt, 1909
  • Pachymorpha sansibarica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
  • Pachymorpha simplicipes Serville, 1838
  • Pachymorpha spinosa Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
  • Pachymorpha squalida (Gray, 1833) = type species (as Bacillus squalidus Gray; locality Australia)
  • Pachymorpha staeli (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893)
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