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Genus of stick insects

Phryganistria is a genus of stick insects belonging to the subfamily Clitumninae, native to northeastern South Asia, northern Mainland Southeast Asia, and southern China.[1] The species in this genus are fairly large to very large stick insects.[2]

The worlds longest stick insect (which also makes it the longest known insects) is a currently undescribed species from Guangxi, China, informally referred to as Phryganistria "chinensis". A wild collected female kept at the Insect Museum of West China was the record holder at 62.4 centimetres (24.6 in) in total length (including extended legs),[3] but it was surpassed by one of its captive bred young that reached 64 centimetres (25 in).[4][5] The second-largest member of the genus likely i...