Anchiale | |
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Anchiale austrotessulata male | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Phasmatidae |
Subfamily: | Phasmatinae |
Tribe: | Phasmatini |
Genus: | Anchiale Stål, 1875 |
Synonyms | |
Ctenomorphodes Karny, 1923 |
Anchiale[1] is a genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and tribe Phasmatini. Species have a known distribution from Australasia.[2] The type species, A. maculata, was originally thought to be a Mantis.