Aclistophasma

Description

Aclistophasma is an extinct genus of stick insect belonging to the superfamily Susumanioidea. Aclistophasma echinulatum is the only species discovered to be in this genus. It lived during the Middle Jurassic period in the Jiulongshan Formation of China. This species had numerous anti-predator defensive such as spines that showed the early evolution of anti-predator defenses in stick insects.