Euphasmatodea
| Euphasmatodea Temporal range:
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| Heteropteryx dilatata from Malaysia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Subclass: | Pterygota |
| Infraclass: | Neoptera |
| Cohort: | Polyneoptera |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Suborder: | Euphasmatodea Bradler, 1999 |
| Superfamilies | |
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Aschiphasmatoidea | |
| Synonyms | |
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Verophasmatodea Zompro, 2004 | |
The Euphasmatodea,[1][2] 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 Crato Formation of Brazil, dating to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous.[3]
Superfamilies and families
[edit | edit source]The suborder Euphasmatodea was previously divided into two infraorders: the Areolatae and Anareolatae, based on the presence or absence of an "areola": a small ring of colour or gap in wing margin - see the Glossary of entomology terms. This division has now been superseded and the suborder is now divided into four superfamilies: Aschiphasmatoidea, Bacilloidea, Phyllioidea, and Pseudophasmatoidea. The latter includes family Agathemeridae, which was previously placed in suborder Agathemerodea.[1]
Aschiphasmatoidea
[edit | edit source]Authority: 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
[edit | edit source]Authority: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- Anisacanthidae - Günther, 1953 (Madagascar)
- Bacillidae - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Africa, Europe)
- Heteropterygidae - Kirby, 1896 (Australasia, east and southeast Asia)
Phyllioidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
[edit | edit source]- Phylliidae - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Australasia, Asia, Pacific)
Pseudophasmatoidea
[edit | edit source]Authority: Rehn, 1904
- Agathemeridae - Bradler, 2003 (monotypic; Andean mountain range)
- Heteronemiidae - Rehn, 1904 (South America, Southern North America, Madagascar)
- Pseudophasmatidae - Rehn, 1904 (South America, Southern North America, Maritime Southeast Asia)
Incertae sedis; ex. Anareolatae
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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.
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- ^ 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.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- Phasmid Study Group: Verophasmatodea
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