Pylaemenes (insect)

Pylaemenes
Pair of Pylaemenes sepilokensis from Tawau
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Superfamily: Bacilloidea
Family: Heteropterygidae
Subfamily: Dataminae
Genus: Pylaemenes
Stål, 1875
Synonyms
  • Datames Stål, 1875
  • Pyloemenes Bradley & Galil, 1977

Pylaemenes is a genus of stick insects in the family Heteropterygidae and subfamily Dataminae. It combines small to medium-sized, often brightly colored Phasmatodea species. Their representatives are found in large parts of Southeast Asia.