Pseudophasmatidae

Pseudophasmatidae

Pseudophasma acanthonotum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Suborder:	Verophasmatodea
Family:	Pseudophasmatidae
Tribes
Anisomorphini Heteronemiini Prisopodini Pseudophasmatini Stratocleidini Xeropsidini Xerosomatini

Pseudophasmatidae 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 follows:

Anisomorphini
- Anisomorpha
- Atratomorpha
- Autolyca
- Columbiophasma
- Decidia
- Monticomorpha
- Neophasma
- Paranisomorpha
- Peruphasma
- Pseudolcyphides
- Xera
Heteronemiini
- Heteronemia
Prisopodini
- Dajaca
- Damasippoides
- Damasippus
- Dinelytron
- Paraprisopus
- Periphloea
- Phaeophasma
- Prisopus
- Pseudoleosthenes
- Xerantherix
Pseudophasmatini
- Euphasma
- Ignacia
- Oestrophora
- Pseudophasma
Stratocleidini
- Agrostia
- Anisa
- Antherice
- Brachyelena
- Brizoides
- Chlorophasma
- Citrina
- Eucles
- Holca
- Holcoides
- Olcyphides
- Paraphasma
- Parastratocles
- Phantasca
- Stratocles
- Tenerella
Xeropsidini
- Xeropsis
Xerosomatini
- Acanthometriotes
- Creoxylus
- Harpuna
- Isagoras
- Metriophasma
- Olinta
- Perliodes
- Planudes
- Prexaspes
- Xerosoma

References

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Extant Phasmatodea families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Orthopterida

Agathemerodea	Agathemeridae

Timematodea	Timematidae

Verophasmatodea

Anareolatae	Diapheromeridae Phasmatidae

Areolatae	Aschiphasmatidae Bacillidae Heteronemiidae Phylliidae (leaf insects) Pseudophasmatidae (striped walkingsticks)

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