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Agathemera
Agathemera crassa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Suborder: Euphasmatodea
Superfamily: Pseudophasmatoidea
Family: Agathemeridae
Bradler, 2003
Genus: Agathemera
Stål, 1875
Synonyms

Paradoxomorpha Brancsik, 1898

Agathemera [1] is a genus of stick insects in the suborder Euphasmatodea and superfamily Pseudophasmatoidea. It consists of several species limited to the mountainous regions of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. [2]

This genus is the sole representative of the monotypic family Agathemeridae and tribe Agathemerini; it was also placed in the suborder Agathemerodea, but the latter is now considered of doubtful validity. [3]

Species

Agathemera maculafulgens

The Phasmida Species File includes following species: [2]

  1. Agathemera claraziana ( Saussure, 1868)
  2. Agathemera crassa ( Blanchard, 1851) - type species (as Anisomorpha pardalina Westwood)
  3. Agathemera elegans (Philippi, 1863)
  4. Agathemera grylloides ( Westwood, 1859)
  5. Agathemera luteola Camousseight, 2006
  6. Agathemera maculafulgens Camousseight, 1995
  7. Agathemera mesoauriculae Camousseight, 1995
  8. Agathemera millepunctata Redtenbacher, 1906

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