Phasmatodea

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Phasmatodea

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 G?, 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 G?, 1953
- Family Phasmatidae Karny, 1923 Winged Walkingsticks
- Family Eurycanthidae Brunner, 1893
- Family Xeroderidae G?, 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

Binomial name

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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.

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External links

Phasmids in Thinqkquest (http://library.thinkquest.org/C003908/index_e.html)

Phasmatodea.org (http://www.phasmatodea.org/)
good german website about Phasmids (http://www.phasmidenwelt.de/)

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