Macellina
Genus of stick insects
| Macellina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Superfamily: | Bacilloidea |
| Family: | Bacillidae |
| Tribe: | Gratidiini |
| Genus: | Macellina Uvarov, 1940 |
| Synonyms | |
| Macella Stål, 1875 | |
| External image | |
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Macellina is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Gratidiini, erected by Boris Uvarov in 1940.[1] Species have been recorded from China, Thailand and Vietnam (possibly incomplete distribution).[2]
Species
The Phasmida Species File[2] lists:
- Macellina caulodes (Rehn, 1904)
- Macellina dentata (Stål, 1875)
- Macellina digitata Chen & Wang, 1993
- Macellina nigriseta Ho, 2013
- Macellina qizhouense Ho, 2015
- Macellina souchongia (Westwood, 1859) - type species (as Bacillus souchongia Westwood)
References
- ^ Uvarov BP (1940) Twenty four new generic names in Orthoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11, 112–117.
- ^ a b "Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) Genus Macellina Uvarov, 1940". Phasmida Species File. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
External links
Data related to Macellina at Wikispecies
Macellina