Necrosciinae

Female Sipyloidea sipylus, photographed by Drägüs.

Belongs within: Phasmatodea.

The Necrosciinae are a diverse group of stick insects, with the greatest number of species found in south-east Asia.

Characters (from Brock & Hasenpusch 2009): Often winged, elongate, small to medium-sized, with long antennae. Male anal segment not split into two lobes.

<==Necrosciinae WBM03
    |  i. s.: Austrosipyloidea Brock & Hasenpusch 2007 BH07
    |           `--*A. carterus (Westwood 1859) (see below for synonymy) BH07
    |         Candovia Stål 1875 BH07
    |           |--*C. coenosa (Gray 1833) (see below for synonymy) BH07
    |           |--C. aberrata (Brunner 1907) [=Parasipyloidea aberrata] BH07
    |           |--C. annulata (Brunner 1907) [=Parasipyloidea annulata] BH07
    |           |--C. evoneobertii (Zompro & Adis 2001) [=Echetlus evoneobertii] BH07
    |           |--C. granulosa (Brunner 1907) [=Parasipyloidea granulosa] BH07
    |           |--C. pallida (Sjöstedt 1918) [=Parasipyloidea pallida] BH07
    |           |--C. peridromes (Westwood 1859) (see below for synonymy) BH07
    |           |--C. robinsoni Brock & Hasenpusch 2007 BH07
    |           |--C. spurcata (Brunner 1907) [=Parasipyloidea spurcata] BH07
    |           `--C. strumosa (Redtenbacher 1908) [=Parasipyloidea strumosa] BH07
    |         Parasipyloidea Redtenbacher 1908 BH07
    |         Cornicandovia Hasenpusch & Brock in Brock & Hasenpusch 2007 BH07
    |           `--*C. australica (Redtenbacher 1908) [=Parasosibia australica] BH07
    |         Parasosibia Redtenbacher 1908 BH07
    |         Rhamphosipyloidea Redtenbacher 1908 BH08
    |           |--*R. brevipennis (Redtenbacher 1908) [=Sipyloidea (*Rhamphosipyloidea) brevipennis] BH07
    |           |--R. palumensis Hasenpusch & Brock in Brock & Hasenpusch 2007 BH07
    |           `--R. queenslandica (Sjöstedt 1918) BH07
    |         Scionecra Karny 1923 BH07
    |           |--*S. osmylus (Westwood 1859) [=Necroscia osmylus] BH07
    |           |--S. milledgei Hasenpusch & Brock in Brock & Hasenpusch 2007 BH07
    |           `--S. queenslandica (Sjöstedt 1918) BH07
    |         Spinosipyloidea Hasenpusch & Brock in Brock & Hasenpusch 2007 BH07
    |           `--*S. doddi Hasenpusch & Brock in Brock & Hasenpusch 2007 BH07
    |         Malandella Sjöstedt 1918 BH07
    |           `--M. queenslandica Sjöstedt 1918 BH07
    |         Leprocaulinus Uvarov 1940 [incl. Leprocaulus Redtenbacher 1908] BH07
    |           |--‘Leprocaulus’ acutecornutus Redtenbacher 1908 BH07
    |           `--L. insularis (Kirby 1896) BH07
    |         Mesaner Redtenbacher 1908 BH07
    |           `--M. sarpedon (Westwood 1859) [incl. M. lineatus Redtenbacher 1908] BH07
    |--+--Pseudodiacantha macklottii WBM03
    |  `--Lopaphus WBM03
    |       |--L. perakensis WBM03
    |       `--L. sphalerus WBM03
    `--Sipyloidea Brunner 1893 WBM03, BH07
         |--*S. sipylus (Westwood 1859) [=Necroscia sipylus] BH07
         |--S. bella (Tepper 1905) [=Necroscia bella; incl. S. ovabdita Rentz & John 1987] BH07
         |--S. brevicerci Hasenpusch & Brock in Brock & Hasenpusch 2007 BH07
         |--S. caeca (Sjöstedt 1918) BH07
         |--S. garradungensis Hasenpusch & Brock in Brock & Hasenpusch 2007 BH07
         |--S. gracilipes (Sjöstedt 1918) BH07
         |--S. larryi Hasenpusch & Brock in Brock & Hasenpusch 2007 BH07
         |--S. lewisensis Hasenpusch & Brock in Brock & Hasenpusch 2007 BH07
         |--S. nelida Rentz & John 1987 BH07
         |--S. rentzi Brock & Hasenpusch 2007 BH07
         |--S. similis Rentz & John 1987 BH07
         `--S. whitei Brock & Hasenpusch 2007 BH07

*Austrosipyloidea carterus (Westwood 1859) [=Necroscia carterus, Sipyloidea carterus; incl. S. debilitata Redtenbacher 1908, S. filiformis Redtenbacher 1908] BH07

*Candovia coenosa (Gray 1833) [=Phasma (Bacteria) coenosa, Hyrtacus coenosus; incl. P. (B.) fragilis Gray 1833] BH07

Candovia peridromes (Westwood 1859) [=Echetlus peridromes; incl. E. cercatus (Redtenbacher 1908), Clitarchus longipes Brunner 1907, Bacunculus tener Brunner 1907] BH07

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BH07] Brock, P. D. & J. W. Hasenpusch. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography. Zootaxa 1570: 1-81.

Brock, P. D., & J. W. Hasenpusch. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood (Australia).

[WBM03] Whiting, M. F., S. Bradler & T. Maxwell. 2003. Loss and recovery of wings in stick insects. Nature 421: 264-267.