Prisopodidae

Prisopodidae
Prisopus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Superfamily:	Aschiphasmatoidea
Family:	Prisopodidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Prisopodidae is a family of stick insects belonging to the suborder Verophasmatodea and superfamily Aschiphasmatoidea, erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1893. ^[1] Species can be found in Central and South America. ^[2]

Genera

The Phasmida Species File ^[2] lists:

Subfamily Prisopodinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

1. Damasippus Stål, 1875 (South America)
2. Dinelytron Gray, 1835 (Brazil)
3. Prisopus Peletier de Saint Fargeau & Serville, 1827 (Central & South America)

Note: the subfamily Korinninae Günther, 1953 is now placed as a tribe in the Necrosciinae; ^[2] ParaprisopusRedtenbacher, 1906 (synonym Melophasma from South America) is now in tribe Paraprisopodini of the Pseudophasmatinae.

References

1. Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova (2)13(33): 100.
2. "Prisopodidae". Phasmida Species File. Retrieved 12 November 2025.

External links

• Media related to Prisopodidae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Prisopodidae at Wikispecies
• Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.