Phryganistria
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| Phryganistria | |
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| Phryganistria bachmaensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Phasmatidae |
| Tribe: | Pharnaciini |
| Genus: | Phryganistria Stål, 1875 |
| Type species | |
| Bacteria sarmentosa Westwood, 1848 | |
Phryganistria is a genus of stick insects belonging to the subfamily Clitumninae, native to Mainland Southeast Asia, including Yunnan China, central Vietnam and Bangladesh.[1] The species in this genus have been subject to revision, with several being reassigned to the related Neophryganistria.[2]
As with other genera in the tribe Pharnaciini, Phryganistria stick insects are notable for their range in size from "fairly large to very large",[3] and amongst the world's longest stick insects (which also makes it the longest known insects).
Reassigned species
The genus includes the following:[1]
- Phryganistria bachmaensis (Ta & Hoang, 2004) - Vietnam
- Phryganistria laikuenae Ho, 2023 - Yunnan
- Phryganistria virgea (Westwood, 1848) - type species (as Bacteria sarmentosa Westwood, 1848) - Bangladesh
The following species, previously placed here, are now in genus Neophryganistria:
- Phryganistria fruhstorferi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
- P. grandis Rehn, 1906
- P. guanxiensis Chen & He, 2008
- P. heusii Hennemann & Conle, 1997
- P. longzhouensis Chen & He, 2008
- P. tamdaoensis J. Bresseel & J Constant, 2014
Phryganistria "chinensis"
Claimed to be the world's longest stick insect,[4] the informally named Phryganistria "chinensis", discovered in 2014 near Liuzhou in Guangxi, China, apparently remains an undescribed species after more than 10 years. A wild collected female kept at the Insect Museum of West China was the record holder at 624 millimetres (24.6 in) in total length (including extended legs),[5] but it was surpassed by one of its captive bred young that reached 640 millimetres (25 in).[6]
