Phasmatidae

Dryococelus australis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Euphasmatodea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Ordo: Phasmatodea
Subordo: Euphasmatodea

Familia:
Subfamiliae: Cladomorphinae – Clitumninae – Extatosomatinae – Megacraniinae – Phasmatinae – Platycraninae – Tropidoderinae – Xeroderinae
Genera Incertae Sedis: Achrioptera – Diagoras – Eucarcharus – Glawiana – Hermarchus – Macrophasma – Monoiognosis – Nesiophasma – Phasmotaenia – Sadyattes – Spathomorpha – Stephanacris

Name

Phasmatidae Gray 1835

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Hennemann, F.H.; Conle, O.V. 2008: Revision of Oriental Phasmatodea: The tribe Pharnaciini Günther, 1953, including the description of the world's longest insect, and a survey of the family Phasmatidae Gray, 1835 with keys to the subfamilies and tribes (Phasmatodea: "Anareolatae": Phasmatidae). Zootaxa, 1906: 1–316. [Abstract & excerpt: [1]]
  • Paul D. Brock 2009: Phasmida Species File (Version 2.1/3.5) [2]
  • Hennemann, F.H. 2020. Megacraniinae—The Palm Stick Insects: A new subfamily of Old World Phasmatodea and a redefinition of Platycraninae Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1893 (Phasmatodea: “Anareolatae”). Zootaxa 4896(2): 151–179. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.2.1 Paywall Reference page. 
  • Robertson, J.A., Bradler, S. & Whiting, M.F. 2018. Evolution of Oviposition Techniques in Stick and Leaf Insects (Phasmatodea). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6: 216. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00216 Open access. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • English: walking sticks
  • magyar: Valódi botsáskák
  • 日本語: ナナフシ科
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