Pharnacia

This article is about a genus of stick insects. For the towns of ancient Asia Minor, see Pharnacia (Pontus) and Pharnacia (Phrygia).

Pharnacia^[1] is a tropical Asian genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and subfamily Clitumninae (tribe Pharnaciini). Some species formerly placed in this genus have been reassigned to Phobaeticus.

Pharnacia
Pharnacia sumatrana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Infraorder:	Anareolatae
Family:	Phasmatidae
Subfamily:	Clitumninae
Tribe:	Pharnaciini
Genus:	Pharnacia Stål, 1877
Synonyms
Lobophasma Günther, 1935

Species

The Catalogue of Life lists:^[2]

• Pharnacia borneensis Hennemann & Conle, 2008
• Pharnacia heros Redtenbacher, 1908
• Pharnacia kalag Zompro, 2005
• Pharnacia palawanica Hennemann & Conle, 2008
• Pharnacia ponderosa Stål, 1877 - type species
• Pharnacia rex (Günther, 1928)
• Pharnacia sumatrana (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
• Pharnacia tirachus (Westwood, 1859)