Platycrana

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Anartioptera
Magnordo: Polyorthoptera
Superordo: Orthopterida
Ordo: Phasmatodea
Subordo: Verophasmatodea
Infraordo: Anareolatae

Familia: Phasmatidae
Subfamilia: Platycraninae
Genus: Platycrana

Platycrana viridana

Platycrana[1] is the type genus of the reconstituted subfamily Platycraninae: which are stick insects from the Asia-Pacific region. They belong to the monotypic tribe Platycranini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893.[2] There is a monotypic species: Platycrana viridana (Olivier, 1792):[3] originally described as "Mantis viridana" Olivier AG, with the type locality in the Moluccas.
References

Gray GR (1835) Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae 36.
Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 14 February 2021)
Phasmida Species File: species Platycrana viridana (Olivier, 1792) (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 14 February 2021)