Phasmatini Gray, 1853

Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), Zootaxa 5073 (1), pp. 1-189 : 88

Tribe Phasmatini Gray, 1853

Genus Anchiale Stål, 1875

Type-species: Mantis maculata Olivier, 1792: 636 , by monotypy.

Comments: Hennemann, Conle & Suzuki (2015) have provided a survey of the genus with a list of the 16 known species and a distinction from other members of the tribe Phasmatini distributed within Wallacea. The authors moreover presented a discussion of the intraspecific variability of the different island populations of the widely distributed type-species A. maculata (Olivier, 1792) along with illustrations of specimens from various islands.

Distribution: Almost entire Papuan and Australian regions: Maluku Islands, Peleng Island, Kei Islands, Aru Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Australia.