Anchiale (phasmid)

Anchiale^[1] is a genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and tribe Phasmatini. Species have a known distribution from Australasia.^[2] The type species, A. maculata, was originally thought to be a Mantis.

Anchiale
Anchiale austrotessulata male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Family:	Phasmatidae
Subfamily:	Phasmatinae
Tribe:	Phasmatini
Genus:	Anchiale Stål, 1875
Synonyms
Ctenomorphodes Karny, 1923

Species

Anchiale includes the following species:^[2]

1. Anchiale austrotessulata Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007
2. Anchiale briareus (Gray, 1834)
3. Anchiale buruense Hennemann, Conle & Suzuki, 2015
4. Anchiale caesarea (Redtenbacher, 1908)
5. Anchiale confusa Sharp, 1898
6. Anchiale grayi (Montrouzier, 1855)
7. Anchiale insularis Kirby, 1904
8. Anchiale longipennis (Montrouzier, 1855)
9. Anchiale maculata (Olivier, 1792) - type species (as Mantis maculata Olivier, AG)
10. Anchiale marmorata (Redtenbacher, 1908)
11. Anchiale modesta Redtenbacher, 1908
12. Anchiale reticulata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)
13. Anchiale simplex Redtenbacher, 1908
14. Anchiale spinicollis (Gray, 1833)
15. Anchiale stolli Sharp, 1898
16. Anchiale tessulata (Goeze, 1778)