Cranidium

This article is about the stick insect genus. For arthropod morphology, see Cephalon (arthropod head).

Cranidium^[1] 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

Cranidium
Cranidium gibbosum male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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