Phasma

This article is about a genus of stick insects. For the fictional Star Wars character, see Captain Phasma. For the Italian artist, see Fasma.

Phasma^[1] is a genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae, subfamily Phasmatinae and tribe Phasmatini. It is found in Wallacea & New Guinea.

Phasma
Phasma gigas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Family:	Phasmatidae
Tribe:	Phasmatini
Genus:	Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796
Synonyms
Cyphocrana Peletier de Saint Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828 Cyphocrania Burmeister, 1838

Species

The Catalogue of Life lists:^[1]

• Phasma gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) – type species (as Phasma empusa Lichtenstein)
• Phasma marosense Hennemann, 1998
• Phasma reinwardtii Haan, 1842

Additional images

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  Adult female Phasma reinwardtii specimen