Acanthoderus
Genus of stick insects
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Acanthoderus[1] is a monotypic genus of stick insects in the tribe Pachymorphini. The single species Acanthoderus spinosus has a known distribution in Australia.[2]
| Acanthoderus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Phasmatidae |
| Tribe: | Pachymorphini |
| Genus: | Acanthoderus Gray, 1835 |
| Species: | A. spinosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthoderus spinosus (Gray, 1834) | |
From 1859 until 1875 the similar but unrelated Hoploclonia gecko was placed in the genus Acanthoderus.
