Misplaced Pages

Cranidium

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Genus of true bugs This article is about the stick insect genus. For arthropod morphology, see Cephalon (arthropod head).

Cranidium
Cranidium gibbosum male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Cladomorphinae
Genus: Cranidium
Westwood, 1843
Species: C. gibbosum
Binomial name
Cranidium gibbosum
Westwood, 1843
Synonyms

Phasmilliger Carrera, 1960

Cranidium is an monotypic genus of stick insects in the monotypic tribe Cranidiini. The single species Cranidium gibbosum has been recorded from northern Brazil, French Guiana, and Surinam.

C. gibbosum female

References

  1. Westwood (1843) The Arcana Museum of Nature 2: 49.
  2. Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 3 July 2021)

External links

  • Media related to Cranidium at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Cranidium
Cranidium gibbosum
Categories: