Acanthoderus

This article is about the genus of stick insects. For the synonym of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, see Acanthoderes. For the synonym of bugs in the family Coreidae, see Acanthocerus.

Acanthoderus^[1] is a monotypic genus of stick insects in the tribe Pachymorphini. The single species Acanthoderus spinosus has a known distribution in Australia.^[2]

Acanthoderus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Family:	Phasmatidae
Tribe:	Pachymorphini
Genus:	Acanthoderus Gray, 1835
Species:	A. spinosus
Binomial name
Acanthoderus spinosus (Gray, 1834)

From 1859 until 1875 the similar but unrelated Hoploclonia gecko was placed in the genus Acanthoderus.

"Acanthoderus gecko" in the description of Gray, 1859