Prisopus is a genus of stick insects belonging to the family Prisopodidae. These stick insects are present in Central and South America, India and Malesia.[1]
Prisopus | |
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Prisopus species. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Superfamily: | Aschiphasmatoidea |
Family: | Prisopodidae |
Genus: | Prisopus Peletier de Saint Fargeau & Serville, 1827 |
Type species | |
Prisopus sacratus (Olivier, 1792)
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Species
editSpecies within this genus include:[1]
- Prisopus amapa Piza, 1979
- Prisopus apteros Camousseight, 2010
- Prisopus ariadne Hebard, 1923
- Prisopus atrobrunneus (Heleodoro & Rafael, 2020)
- Prisopus berosus Westwood, 1859
- Prisopus bifidus Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez, 2011
- Prisopus biolleyi Carl, 1913
- Prisopus brunnescens (Heleodoro & Rafael, 2020)
- Prisopus caatingaensis (Heleodoro & Rafael, 2020)
- Prisopus cepus Westwood, 1859
- Prisopus clarus Conle, Hennemann, Bellanger, Lelong, Jourdan & Valero, 2020
- Prisopus conocephalus Conle, Hennemann, Bellanger, Lelong, Jourdan & Valero, 2020
- Prisopus draco (Olivier, 1792)
- Prisopus horridus (Gray, 1835)
- Prisopus horstokkii (Haan, 1842)
- Prisopus minimus Chopard, 1911
- Prisopus nanus Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez, 2011
- Prisopus occipitalis Dohrn, 1910
- Prisopus ohrtmanni (Lichtenstein, 1802)
- Prisopus phacellus Westwood, 1859
- Prisopus piperinus Redtenbacher, 1906
- Prisopus sacratus (Olivier, 1792)
- Prisopus villosipes (Redtenbacher, 1906)
- Prisopus wolfgangjunki Zompro, 2003
References
edit- ^ a b "Prisopus Peletier de Saint Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828". Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0). Retrieved 13 February 2022.