Pseudophasmatidae is a
family
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of
stick insect, in the suborder
Verophasmatodea
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 Euphasmatodea ...
, 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 follows:
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* Subfamily Pseudophasmatinae Rehn, 1904
** Tribe Anisomorphini Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Anisomorpha'' Gray, 1835
*** Genus '' Atratomorpha'' Conle & Hennemann, 2002
*** Genus '' Autolyca'' Stål, 1875
*** Genus '' Columbiophasma'' Conle & Hennemann, 2002
*** Genus '' Decidia'' Stål, 1875
*** Genus '' Malacomorpha'' Rehn, 1906
*** Genus '' Monticomorpha'' Conle & Hennemann, 2002
*** Genus '' Ornatomorpha'' Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez, 2011
*** Genus '' Peruphasma'' Conle & Hennemann, 2002
*** Genus '' Pteranisomorpha'' Zompro, 2004
*** Genus '' Urucumania'' Zompro, 2004
** Tribe Pseudophasmatini Kirby, 1904
*** Genus '' Ignacia'' Rehn, 1904
*** Genus '' Paranisomorpha'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Pseudophasma'' Kirby, 1896
*** Genus '' Tithonophasma'' Zompro, 2004
*** Genus '' Nanhuaphasma'' Chen, He & Li, 2002
* Subfamily Stratocleinae Günther, 1953
** Tribe Stratocleini Günther, 1953
*** Genus '' Agrostia'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Anisa'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Antherice'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Anthericonia'' Zompro, 2004
*** Genus '' Brizoides'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Cesaphasma'' Koçak & Kemal, 2010
*** Genus '' Chlorophasma'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Eucles'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Euphasma'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Holca'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Olcyphides'' Griffini, 1899
*** Genus '' Paraphasma'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Parastratocles'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Stratocles'' Stål, 1875
*** Genus '' Tenerella'' Redtenbacher, 1906
* Subfamily Xerosomatinae Bradley & Galil, 1977
** Tribe Prexaspini Zompro, 2004
*** Genus '']Isagoras
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*** Genus '' Metriophasma'' Uvarov, 1940
*** Genus '' Oestrophora'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Olinta'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Periphloea'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Perliodes'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus ''Planudes
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'' Stål, 1875
*** Genus ''Prexaspes
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** Tribe Setosini Zompro, 2004
*** Genus '' Setosa'' Redtenbacher, 1906
** Tribe Xerosomatini Bradley & Galil, 1977
*** Genus '' Acanthoclonia'' Stål, 1875
*** Genus '' Apteroxylus'' Bellanger, Jourdan & Lelong, 2012
*** Genus '' Creoxylus'' Serville, 1838
*** Genus '' Grylloclonia'' Zompro, 2004
*** Genus '' Mirophasma'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Pachyphloea'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Parobrimus'' Scudder, 1896
*** Genus '' Xera'' Redtenbacher, 1906
*** Genus '' Xerosoma'' Serville, 1831
*** Genus '' Xylospinodes'' Zompro, 2004
References
Phasmid Study Group: Pseudophasmatidae
*http://www.phasmatodea.org/genera/anisomorpha.html
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Phasmatodea
Phasmatodea families
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