Pseudophasmatidae
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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:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
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
- Agathemera
- AnisomorphaAnisomorphaAnisomorpha is a genus of walking stick insect capable of secreting a substance from glands on the metathorax that can cause an intense burning irritation of the eyes and mouth of potential predators on contact. Species are found throughout the mainland Central, northern South America, and the...
- 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