Euphasmatodea
| Euphasmatodea Temporal range:
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Heteropteryx dilatata from Malaysia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Subclass: | Pterygota |
| Infraclass: | Neoptera |
| Cohort: | Polyneoptera |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Suborder: | Euphasmatodea Bradler, 1999 |
| Superfamilies | |
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Pseudophasmatoidea
3 families incertae sedis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Verophasmatodea Zompro, 2004 | |
The Euphasmatodea,extant species of stick and leaf insects, excluding the Timematodea. The oldest record of Euphasmatodea is Araripephasma from the Crato Formation of Brazil, dating to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous.[3]
Superfamilies and families
The suborder Euphasmatodea was previously divided into two infraorders: the
Agathemeridae, which was previously placed in suborder Agathemerodea.[1]
Aschiphasmatoidea
Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- †Archipseudophasmatidae[4]
- 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
Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- Anisacanthidae - Günther, 1953 (Madagascar)
- Bacillidae - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Africa, Europe)
- Heteropterygidae - Kirby, 1896 (Australasia, east and southeast Asia)
Phyllioidea
Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- Phylliidae - 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 incertae sedis.
- Diapheromeridae - Kirby, 1904 - Worldwide distribution (except the Antarctic)
- Lonchodidae - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893[5][6] - Worldwide, but especially southern Africa, Asia & Australia
- Phasmatidae - Gray, 1835 - Asia, Australasia, Americas (especially South), Pacific, Africa
References
- ^ a b Phasmida Species File: suborder Euphasmatodea (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 27 May 2021)
- ^ Cliquennois (2020) In Aberlenc [Ed.]: Les Insectes du Monde Biodiversité, classification, clés de détermination des familles 1: 414.
- S2CID 249738376.
- ^ Zompro, 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.
- ^ Robertson, James A.; Bradler, Sven; Whiting, Michael F. (2018). "Evolution of Oviposition Techniques in Stick and Leaf Insects (Phasmatodea)". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6: 216. .
- ^ Brock, Paul D.; Otte, Daniel (2018). "Phasmida species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2019-03-22.
External links
Media related to Euphasmatodea at Wikimedia Commons- Phasmid Study Group: Verophasmatodea
