Verophasmatodea
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Verophasmatodea is a suborder of the Phasmatodea
that contains the vast majority of the extant species of stick and leaf-insects.
Phasmatodea
The Phasmatodea are an order of insects, whose members are variously known as stick insects , walking sticks or stick-bugs , phasmids, ghost insects and leaf insects...
that contains the vast majority of the extant species of stick and leaf-insects.
Superfamilies and families
- Superfamily Anareolatae
- DiapheromeridaeDiapheromeridaeDiapheromeridae is a family of stick insects . They belong to the superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea.The family contains some huge species, e.g. Paraphanocles keratosqueleton whch can grow to over 30 long....
- PhasmatidaePhasmatidaePhasmatidae is a family of the stick insects . They belong to the superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea.Like many of their relatives, Phasmatidae are capable of regenerating limbs and commonly reproduce by parthenogenesis...
- Diapheromeridae
- Superfamily Areolatae
- †Archipseudophasmatidae
- Aschiphasmatidae
- Bacillidae
- Heteronemiidae
- PhylliidaePhylliidaeThe family Phylliidae contains the extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkable leaf mimics in the entire animal kingdom. They occur from South Asia through Southeast Asia to Australia...
- PseudophasmatidaePseudophasmatidaePseudophasmatidae is a family of stick insect, commonly called the "striped walkingsticks".An important identifying characteristic is its mesothorax, which is never more than three times as long as the prothorax.Tribes and genera are as...