Phasmatinae

The Phasmatinae are a subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. They contain at least three tribes; Bradley and Galil corrected the spelling to "Phasmatinae" and provides a key to tribes.^[1]

Phasmatinae
Ctenomorpha chronus (Phasmatini)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Suborder:	Euphasmatodea
Infraorder:	Anareolatae
Family:	Phasmatidae
Subfamily:	Phasmatinae Leach, 1815
Tribes
See text
Synonyms
Acrophyllini Redtenbacher, 1908 Phasminae Leach, 1815 Phasminae Karny, 1923

Tribes and genera

The Phasmida Species File^[2] lists three tribes:

Acanthomimini

Authority: Günther, 1953; distribution Australasia

• Acanthomima Kirby, 1904
• Anophelepis Westwood, 1859
• Arphax Stål, 1875
• Echetlus (phasmid) Stål, 1875
• Mauritiophasma Cliquennois & Brock, 2004
• Vasilissa Kirby, 1896

Acanthoxylini

Authority: Bradley & Galil, 1977

• Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944
• Argosarchus Hutton, 1898
• Clitarchus Stål, 1875
• Pseudoclitarchus Salmon, 1991
• Tepakiphasma Buckley & Bradler, 2010

Phasmatini

Selected genera (mostly from Australasia and SE Asia):

• Acrophylla Gray, 1835
• Anchiale Stål, 1875
• Eurycnema Audinet-Serville, 1838
• Onchestus Stål, 1877
• Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796

Inclusion of Other Tribes

Some treatments include up to seven tribes in this subfamily. The Clitumnini and Pharnaciini are here separated in a distinct subfamily Clitumninae, and while the Achriopterini and Stephanacridini have also been placed in the Phasmatinae, other authors treat them as tribes incertae sedis among the Phasmatidae as is done here.