Phasmatodea

Phasmatodea
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Heteropteryx dilatata from Malaysia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Subclass:Pterygota
Infraclass:Neoptera
Order:Phasmatodea
Families
  • Superfamily Timematoidea Parker, 1982
    • Family Timematidae Caudell, 1903 Timemas
  • Superfamily Phyllioidea Karny, 1923
    • Family Phylliidae Redtenbacher, 1906
    • Family Pseudophasmatidae Kirby, 1896 Striped Walkingsticks
    • Family Korinnidae Günther, 1953
    • Family Aschiphasmatidae Brunner, 1893
    • Family Heteropterygidae Rehn, 1904
    • Family Obrimidae Rehn & Rehn, 1939
    • Family Bacillidae Redtenbacher, 1906
  • Superfamily Phasmatoidea Karny, 1923
    • Family Tropidoderidae Brunner, 1893 ~
    • Family Podacanthidae Günther, 1953
    • Family Phasmatidae Karny, 1923 Winged Walkingsticks
    • Family Eurycanthidae Brunner, 1893
    • Family Xeroderidae Günther, 1953
    • Family Platycranidae Redtenbacher, 1908
    • Family Bacteriidae Brunner, 1893
    • Family Cladomorphidae Brunner, 1893
    • Family Phibalosomatidae Redtenbacher, 1908
    • Family Palophidae Redtenbacher, 1908
    • Family Necrosciidae Brunner, 1893
    • Family Pachymorphidae Brunner, 1893
    • Family Clitumnidae Brunner, 1907
    • Family Lonchodidae Brunner, 1893
    • Family Prisomeridae Karny, 1923
    • Family Diapheromeridae Karny, 1923
Species
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The Phasmatodea are a group of insects. The phasmids include the stick insects, the ghost insects and the leaf insects.

In old classifications they are considered a suborder of Orthoptera.

The name is derived from the Greek "phasm" meaning an apparition, a phantom, refers to the cryptic appearance and mimetic behavior of these insects.

Classification

Order Phasmatodea Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902

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See also: Phasmatodea