Biology:Medaura

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Short description: Genus of stick insects

Medaura
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Clitumninae
Tribe: Medaurini
Genus: Medaura
Stål, 1875
Synonyms

Menaka Wood-Mason, 1877

Medaura [1] is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae, subfamily Clitumninae and tribe Medaurini. Species have a known distribution from tropical Asia, including Indo-China.[2]

Species

Medaura includes the following species:[2]

  • Medaura austeni (Wood-Mason, 1875)
  • Medaura jobrensis Brock & Cliquennois, 2001
  • Medaura lagerstroemia Thanasinchayakul, 2006
  • Medaura makassarinus (Westwood, 1859)
  • Medaura scabriuscula (Wood-Mason, 1873) - type species (as Stheneboea brunneri Stål)

References

  1. Stål C (1875) Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 32: 69.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 19 September 2019)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10579063 entry