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  suborder Verophasmatodea
infraorder Anareolatae
family Phasmatidae Gray, 1835

subfamily Eurycanthinae Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893

• Distribution:
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• Citations (13):
  • Kirby. 1904. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7)13:440 >> Note: Eurycanthinae
  • Kirby. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:395 >> Note: Eurycanthinae  
  • Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:339 >> Note: Eurycanthae  
  • Günther. 1953. Beiträge zur Entomologie, Berlin 3(5):547, 555 >> Note: Eurycanthinae Redtenbacher
  • Bradley & Galil. 1977. Proceedings of the Entomological Society, Washington 79(2):191
  • Kevan. 1982. In Parker [Ed.]. Synopsis and classification of living organisms 2:383
  • Rentz. 1996. Grasshopper country. The abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia. Orthoptera; grasshoppers, katydids, crickets. Blattodea; cockroaches. Mantodea; mantids. Phasmatodea; stick insects. 256  
  • Zompro. 2001. Phasmid Studies 10(1):19 >> Note: review, key to genera, designation of type species
  • Bradler. 2003. In Dathe [Ed.]. Lehrbuch der speziellen Zoologie. I. Wirbellose Tiere. 5. Insecta. Spektrum 261 >> Note: in Neophasmatidae [not included in PSF Online, not currently accepted; in fact, an invalid name]
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 32  
  • Hennemann & Conle. 2006. Zootaxa 1375:31, 45 >> Note: Keys to Papuacocelus and related genera
  • Chen, S.C. & Y.H. He. 2008. Phasmatodea of China 352 >> Note: [in error, presumably unaware that Cnipsus is no longer in Eurycanthinae]
  • Bradler. 2009. Die Phylogenie der Stab- und Gespentschrecken (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Vol 2.1 Species, Phylogeny and Evolution 3 >> Note: a few members of 'Eurycanthomorpha' belong to proposed rank-free Schizodecema  
• Type genus:  Eurycantha Boisduval, 1835; priority for family-group names based on Eurycantha dates from Eurycanthae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

• synonym Eurycanthae Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893
• tribe Eurycanthini Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893
• genus Asprenas Stål, 1875
• genus Brachyrtacus Sharp, 1898
• genus Canachus Stål, 1875
• genus Carlius Uvarov, 1939
• genus Dryococelus Gurney, 1947
• genus Erinaceophasma Zompro, 2001
• genus Eupromachus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
• genus Eurycantha Boisduval, 1835
• genus Labidiophasma Carl, 1915
• genus Microcanachus Donskoff, 1988
• genus Neopromachus Giglio-Tos, 1912
• genus Oreophasma Günther, 1929
• genus Paracanachus Carl, 1915
• genus Symetriophasma Hennemann & Conle, 1996
• genus Thaumatobactron Günther, 1929
• genus Trapezaspis Redtenbacher, 1908
• genus Papuacocelus Hennemann & Conle, 2006
• species papuanus Hennemann & Conle, 2006

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