Brockphasma is currently a monotypic genus of Asian stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini, erected by G.W.C. Ho, Liu, Bresseel & Constant in 2014.[1] To date, one species has been recorded from Vietnam.[2]

Brockphasma
Brockphasma spinifemoralis (male and female in captivity)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Lonchodidae
Subfamily: Necrosciinae
Tribe: Necrosciini
Genus: Brockphasma
Ho, Liu, Bresseel & Constant, 2014

Species

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The Phasmida Species File[2] currently only includes Brockphasma spinifemoralis Ho, Liu, Bresseel & Constant, 2014: found in Bạch Mã National Park; the genus was named after the English stick insect specialist Paul Brock.

References

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  1. ^ Ho GWC, Liu X-Y, Bresseel J, Constant J (2014) Brockphasma spinifemoralis gen. et spec. nov.: a new phasmid genus and new species of Neohiraseini (Phasmida: Necrosciinae) from Vietnam, Zootaxa 3826(1): 282-290.
  2. ^ a b "Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) Genus Brockphasma Ho, Liu, Bresseel & Constant, 2014". Phasmida Species File. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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