Extatosoma

Extatosoma is a genus of phasmids, in the monotypic subfamily Extatosomatinae, with two species. One occurs in Australia, one in New Guinea. Both have a colour morph imitating leaves, and one imitating lichen.

Name

The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek έκστασις "to be outside oneself" and soma "body".

The Phasmida Species File lists:Extatosoma popa Stål, 1875 Extatosoma tiaratum - '''type species'''