Presbistus
Genus of stick insects
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Presbistus[1] is a genus of Asian stick insects in the tribe Aschiphasmatini, erected by William Forsell Kirby in 1896. Species currently have a known distribution in: India, Cambodia, Borneo, Java and Sumatra (but this may be incomplete).[2]
| Presbistus | |
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| Presbistus peleus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Aschiphasmatidae |
| Subfamily: | Aschiphasmatinae |
| Tribe: | Aschiphasmatini |
| Genus: | Presbistus Kirby, 1896 |
| Synonyms | |
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Presbitus Giglio-Tos, 1910 | |
Species
The Phasmida Species File lists:[2]
- Presbistus appendiculatus Bragg, 2001
- Presbistus asymmetricus Giglio-Tos, 1910
- Presbistus crudelis (Westwood, 1859)
- Presbistus darnis (Westwood, 1859)
- Presbistus flavicornis (de Haan, 1842)
- Presbistus infumatus (Charpentier, 1845)
- Presbistus marshallae Bragg, 2001
- Presbistus peleus (Gray, 1835) - type species (as Perlamorphus peleus Gray; synonym of Presbistus ridleyi Kirby, 1904)
- Presbistus viridimarginatus (de Haan, 1842)
- Presbistus vitivorus Bresseel & Constant, 2022
