genus

Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796

Type

Phasma empusa Lichtenstein, 1796 type species by subsequent designation of Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796

Nomenclature (68)

Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796: 77.
type species by subsequent designation Phasma empusa Lichtenstein, 1796 in Kirby, 1904
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Fabricius, 1798: 186. Phylogeny or classification
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Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Illiger, 1798: 499. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Latreille, 1802: 272. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Latreille, 1807: 87. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Latreille, Le Peletier, Audinet-Serville & Guérin-Méneville, 1825: 100, 446. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Latreille, 1825: 412. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Berthold, 1827: 408. Phylogeny or classification
Cyphocrana Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 in Latreille, Le Peletier, Audinet-Serville & Guérin-Méneville, 1828: 445.
type species by subsequent designation Gryllus (Mantis) gigas Linnaeus, 1758 in Kirby, 1904
Cyphocrana Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 in Audinet-Serville, 1831: 60.
Cyphocrana Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 in Gray, 1835: 35.
Cyphocrana Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 in Audinet-Serville, 1838: 233.
Cyphocrana Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 in Burmeister, 1838: 578.
Cyphocrania [sic] Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 in Burmeister, 1838: 578.
Cyphocrania [sic] Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 (misspelling of Cyphocrana Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828) in Burmeister, 1838: 578.
Cyphocrania [sic] Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 in Haan, 1842: 128. Phylogeny or classification
Cyphocrania [sic] Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 in Westwood, 1859: 106. Phylogeny or classification
Cyphocrania [sic] Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 in Stål, 1875: 33, 83. Phylogeny or classification
Cyphocrania [sic] Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 in Stål, 1875: 8, 14. Phylogeny or classification
Cyphocrania [sic] Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 in Stål, 1875: 14. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Kirby, 1890: 569. Phylogeny or classification
Cyphocrana Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 in Kirby, 1890: 572. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Kirby, 1895: 281. Phylogeny or classification
Cyphocrania [sic] Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 in Rainbow, 1897: 39. Specimen or distribution
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Kirby, 1904: 439.
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Kirby, 1904: 390.
Cyphocrana Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 in Kirby, 1904: 390.
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Redtenbacher, 1906
Cyphocrania [sic] Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 in Redtenbacher, 1908: 466. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Karny, 1923: 241.
Cyphocrania [sic] Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 (synonym of Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796) in Karny, 1923: 241.
Cyphocrana Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 (subjective synonym of Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796) in Karny, 1923: 241.
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Günther, 1929: 627.
Papuanoidea Werner, 1930: 181.
type species by original monotypy Papuanoidea straeleni Werner, 1930
Papuanoidea Werner, 1930 in Werner, 1931: 29.
Papuanoidea Werner, 1930 (subjective synonym of Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796) in Günther, 1936: 339.
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Roberts, 1941: 11.
Cyphocrana Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 (subjective synonym of Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796) in Roberts, 1941: 11.
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Ragge, 1955: 377. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Key, 1960: 237. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in China & Riley, 1962: 19.
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in China, 1964: 421.
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Bradley & Galil, 1977: 194.
Papuanoidea Werner, 1930 in Bradley & Galil, 1977: 194.
Cyphocrania [sic] Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 in Sellick, 1979: 326. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Medler, 1980: 44. Specimen or distribution
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Kerzhner, 1994: 113. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Anonymous, 1995: 285. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Sellick, 1997: 118. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification; Key
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Herwaarden, 1998: 86.
Papuanoidea Werner, 1930 (subjective synonym of Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796) in Herwaarden, 1998: 86.
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Bragg, 2001: 623.
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Bragg, 2001: 641.
Papuanoidea Werner, 1930 in Bragg, 2001: 639.
Cyphocrana Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 (subjective synonym of Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796) in Bragg, 2001: 623.
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Zompro, 2004: 319.
Cyphocrana Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 in Zompro, 2004: 308.
Papuanoidea Werner, 1930 (subjective synonym of Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796) in Zompro, 2004: 316.
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 265.
Papuanoidea Werner, 1930 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 244.
Cyphocrana Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 (subjective synonym of Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 265.
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Hennemann & Conle, 2008: 31.
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Hennemann, Conle & Suzuki, 2015: 45. Phylogeny or classification
Cyphocrana Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 (subjective synonym of Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796) in Hennemann, Conle & Suzuki, 2015: 45. Phylogeny or classification
Papuanoidea Werner, 1930 (subjective synonym of Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796) in Hennemann, Conle & Suzuki, 2015: 46. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Bidau, Taffarel & Castillo, 2016: 29. Behavior

Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Hennemann, 2021: 172. Specimen or distribution
Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 558. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (50)

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Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
genus	1	0	3	4
species	3	0	22	25