Lonchodidae is a family of stick insects, with more than 150 genera and 1,000 described species.

The subfamilies Necrosciinae and Lonchodinae, formerly part of Diapheromeridae, were determined to make up a separate family and were transferred to the re-established family Lonchodidae in 2018.

Trachythorax maculicollis (Necrosciini)

Subfamilies and tribes

  • Lonchodinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 tribe Eurycanthini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 tribe Lonchodini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 tribe not determined genus Megalophasma Bi, 1995 genus Papuacocelus Hennemann & Conle, 2006
  • Necrosciinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 tribe Necrosciini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

External links

  • Media related to Lonchodidae at Wikimedia Commons