Oncotophasma is a Neotropical genus of Phasmatodea in the Diapheromeridae family. The genus was created by James Abram Garfield Rehn in 1904 and differentiated from the related genus Bostra on the basis of males having hind femur bearing spines and mid femur bearing two spines at the apex.[1]

Oncotophasma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Diapheromeridae
Tribe: Diapheromerini
Genus: Oncotophasma
Rehn, 1904

Species

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The genus Oncotophasma consists of the following species known from Central and South America:

References

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  1. ^ Rehn, J.A.G. (1904). "Studies in the Orthopterous family Phasmidae". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 56: 38–107.