Biology:Metentoria

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Short description: Genus of stick insects

Metentoria
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Clitumninae
Tribe: Clitumnini
Genus: Metentoria
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907

Metentoria is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Clitumnini, erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1907.[1] Species have been recorded from: India and Vietnam (possibly an incomplete distribution).[2]

Species

The Phasmida Species File[2] lists:

  1. Metentoria regina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 - type species
  2. Metentoria regulus (Westwood, 1859)

References

  1. Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1907) Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. II. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). Phasmiden: 211.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) Genus Metentoria Brunner von Wattenwyl". Phasmida Species File. http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1201843. Retrieved 3 December 2022. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10582904 entry