The genus includes the following: •
Phryganistria bachmaensis - Vietnam •
Phryganistria laikuenae - Yunnan •
Phryganistria virgea -
type species (as
Bacteria sarmentosa ) - Bangladesh
Reassigned species The following species, previously placed here, are now in genus
Neophryganistria: •
Phryganistria fruhstorferi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 •
P. grandis Rehn, 1906 •
P. guanxiensis Chen & He, 2008 •
P. heusii Hennemann & Conle, 1997 •
P. longzhouensis Chen & He, 2008 •
P. tamdaoensis J. Bresseel & J Constant, 2014
Phryganistria "chinensis" Claimed to be the
world's longest stick insect, the informally named
Phryganistria "chinensis", discovered in 2014 near
Liuzhou in
Guangxi, China, apparently remains an
undescribed species after more than 10 years. A wild collected female kept at the Insect Museum of West China was the record holder at in total length (including extended legs), but it was surpassed by one of its captive bred young that reached . ==See also==