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Genus of stick insects

Macellina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Superfamily: Bacilloidea
Family: Bacillidae
Tribe: Gratidiini
Genus: Macellina
Uvarov, 1940
Synonyms

Macella Stål, 1875

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Macellina is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Gratidiini, erected by Boris Uvarov in 1940. Species have been recorded from China, Thailand and Vietnam (possibly incomplete distribution).

Species

The Phasmida Species File lists:

  1. Macellina caulodes (Rehn, 1904)
  2. Macellina dentata (Stål, 1875)
  3. Macellina digitata Chen & Wang, 1993
  4. Macellina nigriseta Ho, 2013
  5. Macellina qizhouense Ho, 2015
  6. Macellina souchongia (Westwood, 1859) - type species (as Bacillus souchongia Westwood)

References

  1. Uvarov BP (1940) Twenty four new generic names in Orthoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11, 112–117.
  2. ^ "Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) Genus Macellina Uvarov, 1940". Phasmida Species File. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

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Taxon identifiers
Macellina
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