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genus Bactricia Kirby, 1896

• Nomenclatural details:   Incertae sedis
• Distribution:
  •  Mozambique, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Western Cape), Swaziland
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (12):
  • Kirby, W.F. 1896. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 2 6(6):463   >> Note: Type species designation >> Bactricia    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:2706
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:327   >> Note: Bactriciinae >> Bactricia
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1907. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. II. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). Phasmiden:330   >> Bactricia
  • Günther. 1956. In Hanstrom, Brinck & Rudebeck [Ed.]. South African Animal life, results of the Lund University expedition in 1950-51 93 >> Note: sp. called 'nematodes' Kirby, 1894 from E. Graskop [Brock - no such species?] >> Bactricia
  • Bradley, J.C. & Galil. 1977. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 79(2):180   >> Note: in Heteronemiinae: Libethrini >> Bactricia
  • Schoeman. 1985. In Scholtz & Holm [Ed.]. Insects of Southern Africa 98 >> Note: [Reference to a Bactricia 'nematodes' in South Africa, clearly in error] >> Bactricia
  • Brock. 1995. Malayan Nat. Jour. 49(2):86   >> Bactricia
  • Zompro. 1998. Revision nearktischer und neotropischer Genera der Insektenordnung Phasmatodea, insbesondere der Familie Heteronemiidae sensu Bradley & Galil 77   >> Note: [Unpublished thesis] >> Bactricia
  • Brock. 2004. Ann. Trans. Museum 41:62   >> Note: revision of genus, synonymy >> Bactricia
  • Zompro. 2004. Revision of the genera of the Areolatae, including the status of Timema and Agathemera (Insecta, Phasmatodea) 306   >> Note: type species data >> Bactricia
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 67   >> Bactricia
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 511   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Bactricia
• Scrutiny:
  • Brock, 2007, Diapheromerinae (uncertain position)
• Type species:  Bacteria trophinus Westwood (= Bactricia bituberculata), by original designation
• No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.

• synonym Scaphegyna Karsch, 1898
• species bituberculata (Schaum, 1857)
• synonym calametum (Bates, 1865)
• synonym carinatus (Kirby, 1902)
• synonym irregularis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
• synonym trophinus (Westwood, 1859)

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