Eurycantha
Eurycantha species. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Infraorder:	Anareolatae
Family:	Lonchodidae
Subfamily:	Lonchodinae
Tribe:	Eurycanthini
Genus:	Eurycantha Boisduval, 1835
Synonyms
Carabidion Redtenbacher, 1907 Karabidion Montrouzier, 1855

Eurycantha is a genus of Australasian stick insects: typical of the tribe Eurycanthini. ^[1] It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1835.

Species

The Phasmida Species File lists: ^[2]

• Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 - Giant Spiny Stick Insect (synonym E. sifia Kirby, 1904)
• Eurycantha coriacea (Redtenbacher, 1908)
• Eurycantha horrida Boisduval, 1835
• Eurycantha immunis Redtenbacher, 1908
• Eurycantha insularis Lucas, 1869
• Eurycantha latro Redtenbacher, 1908
• Eurycantha maluensis Günther, 1929
• Eurycantha micracantha (Montrouzier, 1855)
• Eurycantha portentosa Kirby, 1904
• Eurycantha rosenbergii Kaup, 1871

References

External links

• Media related to Eurycantha at Wikimedia Commons