Species list, Checklist of Order Phasmida (Leaf and Stick Insects) for Cape Town (Western Cape)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Order Phasmida Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902 (Leaf and Stick Insects)
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	283 1672 2201	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	283 1672 2201	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	275 1655 2186	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923	28 59 71	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Phasmida Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902 Leaf and Stick Insects, Leaf insects, Phasmids	4 5 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Cape Town
4 Families width 4 Species

Phasmatidae Roberts, 1944	Walking sticks	1	Species	Taxom
Diapheromeridae Rehn & Hebard, 1909	Diapheromerid Stick Insects	0	Species	Taxom
Bacillidae Brunner von ..., 1893	Bacillid Stick Insects	2	Species	Taxom
Pseudophasmatidae Kirby, 1896	Striped Walkingsticks	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Cape Town
5 Genera with 4 Species

Carausius Stål, 1907	1	Species	Taxom
Clonaria Stål, 1875	0	Species	Taxom
Macynia Stål, 1784	1	Species	Taxom
Phalces Stål, 1838	1	Species	Taxom
Prexaspes Stal, 1859	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Cape Town
4 Species

Carausius morosus Brunner, 1907	Common stick insect
Macynia labiata Thunberg, 1784	Thunberg's Stick Insect
Phalces brevis Burmeister, 1838	Cape Stick Insect
Prexaspes (Elasia) pholcus Westwood, 1859

Subnodes of Phasmida with occurrences in Cape Town

Suborder

Verophasmatodea
Zompro, 2004

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Families
Genera
Species

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Links, sources and further information

Phasmida at phasmida.speciesfile.org
Phasmida at papua-insects.nl
Phasmida at gbif.org
Phasmida at irmng.org
Phasmida at irmng.org
Phasmida at itis.gov