Oncotophasma

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Oncotophasma is a Neotropical genus of stick insects (order Phasmatodea) in the family Diapheromeridae. The genus was created by James Abram Garfield Rehn in 1904 and is distinguished from the related genus Bostra by features of the males’ legs: the hind femur bears spines, and the mid femur has two spines at the apex. Oncotophasma species are known from Central and South America.

Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Phasmatodea
- Family: Diapheromeridae
- Tribe: Diapheromerini
- Genus: Oncotophasma (Rehn, 1904)

Species
The genus Oncotophasma includes the following species:
- Oncotophasma armatum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
- Oncotophasma coxatum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
- Oncotophasma limonense (Zompro, 2007)
- Oncotophasma maculosum (Zompro, 2007)
- Oncotophasma martini (Griffini, 1896)
- Oncotophasma modestum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
- Oncotophasma podagricum (Stål, 1875)
- Oncotophasma weitschati (Zompro, 2007)

References
- Rehn, J.A.G. (1904). Studies in the Orthopterous family Phasmidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 56: 38–107.