Parasinophasma is a genus of Asian stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini, erected by S.C. Chen and Y.H. He in 2006.[1] Species have been recorded from: central-southern China (with records from Hong Kong) and Vietnam.[2] At least two species, Parasinophasma laifanae and P. luchunense luchunense are known to be nocturnal. [3]

Parasinophasma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Lonchodidae
Subfamily: Necrosciinae
Tribe: Necrosciini
Genus: Parasinophasma
Chen & He, 2006
Synonyms

Euphasma Chen & He, 2001

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Species

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The Phasmida Species File[2] lists:

  1. Parasinophasma bouvieri (Redtenbacher, 1908)
  2. Parasinophasma bresseeli Ho, 2017
  3. Parasinophasma constanti Ho, 2017
  4. Parasinophasma fanjingshanense Chen & He, 2006
  5. Parasinophasma guangdongense Chen & He, 2008
  6. Parasinophasma hainanense Chen & He, 2008
  7. Parasinophasma henanense (Bi & Wang, 1998) - type species (as Micadina henanensis Bi & Wang)
  8. Parasinophasma laifanae Ho, 2017
  9. Parasinophasma liui Ho, 2017
  10. Parasinophasma luchunense Ho, 2017
  11. Parasinophasma maculatum Ho, 2015
  12. Parasinophasma sparsigranulatum Ho, 2017
  13. Parasinophasma tianmushanense Ho, 2015
  14. Parasinophasma unicolor Ho, 2015

References

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  1. ^ Chen SC, He YH (2006) In Chen, S.C., Y.H. He & F.L. Xu. Phasmatodea: Heteronemiidae and Phasmatidae. In Li, Z. & D. Jin [Ed.]. Insects from Mt. Fanjingshan Landscape 98.
  2. ^ a b "Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) Genus Parasinophasma Chen & He, 2006". Phasmida Species File. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. ^ Wai-Chun Ho, George. "Contribution to the knowledge of Oriental Phasmatodea I: A taxonomic study of the genus Parasinophasma (Phasmatodea: Necrosciinae)". Journal of Orthoptera Research. Journal of Orthoptera Research. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
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