Pseudophasmatidae

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Pseudophasmatidae
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Pseudophasma acanthonotum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Superfamily: Pseudophasmatoidea
Family: Pseudophasmatidae
Rehn, 1904
Subfamilies

Pseudophasmatidae is a family of stick insect, in the suborder Verophasmatodea, 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: [1]

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References

  1. ↑ Brock, Paul D.; Otte, Daniel (2018). "Phasmida species file online, Version 5.0" . Retrieved 2019-03-21.


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