Verophasmatodea

Phasmatodea
Temporal range: Eocene - Recent
Heteropteryx dilatata from Malaysia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Suborder: Verophasmatodea
Superfamilies and families

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The Verophasmatodea suborder of the Phasmatodea contains the vast majority of the extant species of stick and leaf insects.

Superfamilies and families

References

  1. 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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