The Euphasmatodea,Phasmida Species File: suborder Euphasmatodea (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 27 May 2021)
/ref> also known by its junior synonym Verophasmatodea is a suborder of the Phasmatodea, which contains the vast majority of the extant species of stick and leaf insects, excluding the Timematodea. The oldest record of Euphasmatodea is '' Araripephasma'' from the

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of Brazil, dating to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous.

Superfamilies and families

The suborder was divided into two infraorders: the Areolatae and Anareolatae, based on the presence or absence of an "areola": the of a small ring of colour or gap in wing margin - see the

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. This division has now been superseded with the "suborder Agathemerodea ... downgraded and Areolatae/Anareolatae divisions removed, leaving the existing four superfamilies in Euphasmatodea".

Aschiphasmatoidea The Euphasmatodea, also known by its junior synonym Verophasmatodea is a suborder of the Phasmatodea, which contains the vast majority of the extant species of stick and leaf insects, excluding the Timematodea. The oldest record of Euphasmato ...

Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 * † ArchipseudophasmatidaeZompro, O. 2001. The Phasmatodea and Raptophasma n. gen., Orthoptera ''incertae sedis'', in Baltic amber (Insecta: Orthoptera). ''Mitteilungen des Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institutes der Universität Hamburg'' 85: 229–261. * Aschiphasmatidae - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Tropical Southeast Asia) * Damasippoididae - Zompro, 2004 (Madagascar) * Prisopodidae - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Central and South America, south Africa, India, Indo-China, Malesia)

Bacilloidea The Euphasmatodea, also known by its junior synonym Verophasmatodea is a suborder of the Phasmatodea, which contains the vast majority of the extant species of stick and leaf insects, excluding the Timematodea. The oldest record of Euphasmato ...

Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 * Anisacanthidae - Günther, 1953 (Madagascar) * Bacillidae - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Africa, Europe) *

Heteropterygidae The Heteropterygidae is a family of stick insects belonging to the suborder Euphasmatodea. Species can be found in Australasia, East and Southeast Asia. More than 130 valid species have been described (at the end of 2020). Characteristics ...

- Kirby, 1896 (Australasia, east and southeast Asia)

Phyllioidea

Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 *

Phylliidae The family Phylliidae (often misspelled Phyllidae) contains the extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkably camouflaged leaf mimics (mimesis) in the entire animal kingdom. They occur from South Asia thro ...

- Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Australasia, Asia, Pacific)

Pseudophasmatoidea

Auth. Rehn, 1904; especially Americas, Madagascar, Asia, Australasia, Europe * Agathemeridae - Bradler, 2003 (monotypic) * Heteronemiidae - Rehn, 1904 * Pseudophasmatidae - Rehn, 1904

Infraorder Anareolatae

The following three families were previously placed in the "Anareolatae", but are currently (2021) considered ''

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''. * Diapheromeridae - Kirby, 1904 - Worldwide distribution (except the Antarctic) * Lonchodidae - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 - Worldwide, but especially southern Africa, Asia & Australia *

Phasmatidae The Phasmatidae are a family of the stick insects ( order Phasmatodea). They belong to the superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea. Like many of their relatives, the Phasmatidae are capable of regenerating limbs and commonly repr ...

- Gray, 1835 - Asia, Australasia, Americas (especially South), Pacific, Africa

References

External links

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Phasmid Study Group: Verophasmatodea
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2102809 Phasmatodea Insect suborders