Platycrana
Platycrana | |
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Platycrana viridana specimen from the private collection of Andrew Markey | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Phasmatidae |
Subfamily: | Platycraninae |
Genus: | Platycrana Gray, 1835 |
Species: | P. viridana |
Binomial name | |
Platycrana viridana (Olivier, 1792) | |
Synonyms | |
Platycrania Burmeister, 1838 |
Platycrana[1] is the type genus of the reconstituted subfamily Platycraninae: which are stick insects from the Asia-Pacific region. They belong to the monotypic tribe Platycranini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893.[2]
Species
[edit]This is a monotypic genus, with Platycrana viridana (Olivier, 1792):[3] originally described as "Mantis viridana" Olivier AG; the type locality in the Moluccas.
References
[edit]- ^ Gray GR (1835) Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae 36.
- ^ Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 14 February 2021)
- ^ Phasmida Species File: species Platycrana viridana (Olivier, 1792) (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 14 February 2021)
External links
[edit]Data related to Platycraninae at Wikispecies