Prisopus

Prisopus is a genus of stick insects belonging to the family Prisopodidae. These stick insects are present in Central and South America, India and Malesia.

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GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderPhasmida
FamilyPrisopodidae

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Specimen records: 5
With media: 4
Family: Prisopodidae
Collections: ASU, USNM, MZLU
Recorded in: Guatemala, Brazil

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Prisopodidae
Image: Pseudophasmatidae - Prisopus species.JPG

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taxon name: Prisopus
taxon rank: genus

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Prisopus is a genus of stick insects belonging to the family Prisopodidae. These stick insects are present in Central and South America, India and Malesia.

==Species== Species within this genus include: Prisopus amapa Piza, 1979 Prisopus apteros Camousseight, 2010 Prisopus ariadne Hebard, 1923 Prisopus atrobrunneus (Heleodoro & Rafael, 2020) Prisopus berosus Westwood, 1859 Prisopus bifidus Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez, 2011 Prisopus biolleyi Carl, 1913 Prisopus brunnescens (Heleodoro & Rafael, 2020) Prisopus caatingaensis (Heleodoro & Rafael, 2020) Prisopus cepus Westwood, 1859 Prisopus clarus Conle, Hennemann, Bellanger, Lelong, Jourdan & Valero, 2020 Prisopus conocephalus Conle, Hennemann, Bellanger, Lelong, Jourdan & Valero, 2020 Prisopus draco (Olivier, 1792) Prisopus horridus (Gray, 1835) Prisopus horstokkii (Haan, 1842) Prisopus minimus Chopard, 1911 Prisopus nanus Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez, 2011 Prisopus occipitalis Dohrn, 1910 Prisopus ohrtmanni (Lichtenstein, 1802) Prisopus phacellus Westwood, 1859 Prisopus piperinus Redtenbacher, 1906 Prisopus sacratus (Olivier, 1792) Prisopus villosipes (Redtenbacher, 1906) Prisopus wolfgangjunki Zompro, 2003

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