Phasmatodea
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.
Classification
Order Phasmatodea Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902
- Superfamily Timematoidea Parker, 1982
- Family Timematidae Caudell, 1903 Timemas
- Superfamily Phyllioidea Karny, 1923
- Family Phylliidae Redtenbacher, 1906
- Family Pseudophasmatidae Kirby, 1896 Striped Walkingsticks
- Tribe Anisomorphini Redtenbacher, 1906
- Tribe Stratocleidini Brunner, 1915
- Tribe Pseudophasmatini Günther, 1953
- Tribe Xerosomatini Brunner, 1893
- Tribe Prisopodini Brunner, 1893
- Tribe Heteronemiini Günther, 1953 Common Walkingsticks
- Tribe Xeropsidini m.
- Family Korinnidae Günther, 1953
- Family Aschiphasmatidae Brunner, 1893
- Family Heteropterygidae Rehn, 1904 ~Family Obrimidae Rehn & Rehn, 1939
- Tribe Heteropterygini Kirby, 1896
- Tribe Obrimini Brunner, 1893
- Tribe Anisacanthini Günther, 1953
- Tribe Datamini Rehn & Rehn, 1939
- Family Pygirhynchidae Redtenbacher, 1906
- Family Bacillidae Redtenbacher, 1906
- Tribe Xylicini Günther, 1953
- Tribe Antongiliini Günther, 1953
- Tribe Bacillini Günther, 1953
- Superfamily Phasmatoidea Karny, 1923
- Family Tropidoderidae Brunner, 1893 ~Family Podacanthidae Günther, 1953
- Tribe Tropidoderini Brunner, 1893
- Tribe Monandropterini Brunner, 1893
- Family
