# Eurycantha

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{{Short description|Genus of stick insects}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Phasmatidae - Eurycantha species.JPG
| image_caption = ''Eurycantha '' species. Museum specimen
| taxon = Eurycantha
| authority = [Boisduval](/source/Jean_Baptiste_Boisduval), 1835
| display_parents = 4
| synonyms =
* ''Carabidion'' Redtenbacher, 1907
* ''Karabidion'' Montrouzier, 1855
}}

'''''Eurycantha''''' is a genus of [Australasia](/source/Australasia)n [stick insect](/source/stick_insect)s: typical of the tribe [Eurycanthini](/source/Eurycanthini).<ref>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id133069/ Biolib]</ref> It was described by [Jean Baptiste Boisduval](/source/Jean_Baptiste_Boisduval) in 1835.

==Species==
The '' Phasmida Species File'' lists:<ref>[http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1201127 Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)]</ref>
* ''[Eurycantha calcarata](/source/Eurycantha_calcarata)'' Lucas, 1869 - Giant Spiny Stick Insect (synonym ''E. sifia'' Kirby, 1904)
* ''[Eurycantha coriacea](/source/Eurycantha_coriacea)'' (Redtenbacher, 1908) 
* ''[Eurycantha horrida](/source/Eurycantha_horrida)'' Boisduval, 1835 
* ''[Eurycantha immunis](/source/Eurycantha_immunis)'' Redtenbacher, 1908
* ''[Eurycantha insularis](/source/Eurycantha_insularis)'' Lucas, 1869
* ''[Eurycantha latro](/source/Eurycantha_latro)'' Redtenbacher, 1908
* ''[Eurycantha maluensis](/source/Eurycantha_maluensis)'' Günther, 1929
* ''[Eurycantha micracantha](/source/Eurycantha_micracantha)'' (Montrouzier, 1855)
* ''[Eurycantha portentosa](/source/Eurycantha_portentosa)'' Kirby, 1904
* ''[Eurycantha rosenbergii](/source/Eurycantha_rosenbergii)'' Kaup, 1871

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Phasmatodea genera
Category:Lonchodidae

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