Macellina is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Gratidiini, erected by Boris Uvarov in 1940.[1] Species have been recorded from China, Thailand and Vietnam (possibly incomplete distribution).[2]

Macellina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Superfamily: Bacilloidea
Family: Bacillidae
Tribe: Gratidiini
Genus: Macellina
Uvarov, 1940
Synonyms

Macella Stål, 1875

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Species

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The Phasmida Species File[2] lists:

  1. Macellina caulodes (Rehn, 1904)
  2. Macellina dentata (Stål, 1875)
  3. Macellina digitata Chen & Wang, 1993
  4. Macellina nigriseta Ho, 2013
  5. Macellina qizhouense Ho, 2015
  6. Macellina souchongia (Westwood, 1859) - type species (as Bacillus souchongia Westwood)

References

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  1. ^ Uvarov BP (1940) Twenty four new generic names in Orthoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11, 112–117.
  2. ^ a b "Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) Genus Macellina Uvarov, 1940". Phasmida Species File. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
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