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Taxonomy of Family Phasmatidae Roberts, 1944
Walking sticks


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
652
12648
108742
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Phasmida
Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902
Leaf and Stick Insects, Leaf insects, Phasmids
37
773
8257
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Verophasmatodea
Zompro, 2004
12
686
8068
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Anareolatae
Redtenbacher, 1906
3
439
5563
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyPhasmatidae
Roberts, 1944
Walking sticks
234
2788
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Phasmatidae Roberts, 1944
SubfamilyCladomorphinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
16
372
Genera
Species
SubfamilyClitumninae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
25
595
Genera
Species
SubfamilyEurycanthinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
  ⇒ Lonchodinae
16
166
Genera
Species
SubfamilyExtatosomatinae
Sellick, 1997
1
11
Genus
Species
SubfamilyLonchodinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
39
580
Genera
Species
SubfamilyPhasmatinae
G.R. Gray, 1835
24
478
Genera
Species
SubfamilyPlatycraninae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
12
106
Genera
Species
SubfamilyTropidoderinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
13
60
Genera
Species
SubfamilyXeroderinae
Günther, 1953
12
79
Genera
Species
TribeAchriopterini
Günther, 1953
2
18
Genera
Species
TribeStephanacridini
Günther, 1953
7
49
Genera
Species
GenusAcanthodyta
Sharp, 1898
  ⇒ Asprenas
1Species
GenusAlopus
Newport, 1844
  ⇒ Graeffea
2Species
GenusAnchiole
0Species
GenusApterogreffea
1Species
GenusApteroplopus
Hennemann, Conle & Perez-Gelabert, 2016
1Species
GenusApterrhidaeus
Karny, 1923
  ⇒ Ophicrania
6Species
GenusAthertonia
Sjöstedt, 1918
  ⇒ Tropidoderus
1Species
GenusBaculolonga
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
  ⇒ Phobaeticus
8Species
GenusBaculomia
Bresseel & Constant, 2019
3Species
GenusBrachyrhamphus
Carl, 1915
  ⇒ Carlius
2Species
GenusCacomorpha
Sharp, 1898
  ⇒ Leosthenes
1Species
GenusCarabidion
Redtenbacher in Brunner & Redtenbacher, 1907
1Species
GenusCarnacia
Sjöstedt, 1918
  ⇒ Anophelepis
2Species
GenusCephaloplopus
Hennemann, Conle & Perez-Gelabert, 2016
4Species
GenusCeratiscus
Caudell, 1904
  ⇒ Baculum
1Species
GenusClemacantha
Rainbow, 1897
  ⇒ Eurycnema
2Species
GenusCnispus
Redtenbacher, 1908
0Species
GenusCraspedonia
Westwood, 1841
  ⇒ Zyras (Craspa)
2Species
GenusCyphocrana
Peletier de Saint Fargeau & Serville, 1828
  ⇒ Phasma
14Species
GenusDagys
Günther, 1935
1Species
GenusDixippus
Stål, 1875
  ⇒ Carausius
48Species
GenusDubreuilia
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
  ⇒ Ramulus
7Species
GenusEchinosomiscus
Engel, 2016
1Species
GenusEctatosoma
Gray, 1835
  ⇒ Extatosoma
5Species
GenusEctus
Redtenbacher, 1908
  ⇒ Acanthomima
1Species
GenusEnetia
Kirby, 1891
  ⇒ Achrioptera
1Species
GenusEustygera
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907
  ⇒ Diagoras
1Species
GenusGastrotrachydea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1901
0Species
GenusGuamuhaya
Yong, 2017
1Species
GenusHermachus
Stål, 1875
2Species
GenusHovaspectrum
Rehn, 1940
  ⇒ Achrioptera
1Species
GenusKimberleyana
Sjöstedt, 1918
  ⇒ Tropidoderus
1Species
GenusLobophasma
Klass, Picker, Damgaard, van Noort & Tojo, 2003
  ⇒ Phobaeticus
3Species
GenusLoxiopsis
1Species
GenusLysicle
Rainbow, 1897
  ⇒ Lysicles
1Species
GenusMacracantha
Kirby, 1904
  ⇒ Acanthoxyla
5Species
GenusMedauromorpha
Bresseel & Constant, 2017
3Species
GenusMegacnipsomorpha
Ho, 2021
1Species
GenusMimarchus
Carl, 1913
  ⇒ Argosarchus
5Species
GenusMonandropora
Agassiz, 1846
0Species
GenusMonogynacantha
Cliquennois, 2021
1Species
GenusMylothrus
Günther, 1935
  ⇒ Nesiophasma
1Species
GenusNeomedaura
Ho, 2020
2Species
GenusNeosinophasma
Ho, 2017
4Species
GenusNeospiniphasma
Ho, 2021
2Species
GenusPapuanoidea
Werner, 1930
  ⇒ Phasma
1Species
GenusParhaplopus
Hennemann, Conle & Perez-Gelabert, 2016
3Species
GenusPeloria
Redtenbacher, 1908
  ⇒ Peloriana
1Species
GenusPhasmatotaenionema
Bradley & Galil, 1977
0Species
GenusPhasmilliger
Carrera, 1960
  ⇒ Cranidium
2Species
GenusPhasmotaenionema
Karny, 1923
  ⇒ Phasmotaenia
1Species
GenusPhibalosoma
Gray, 1835
  ⇒ Cladomorphus
55Species
GenusPhraganistria
Stål, 1875
1Species
GenusPonapachymorpha
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
1Species
GenusPterulina
Bresseel & Constant, 2020
2Species
GenusRaphiderus
Coquerel, 1861
  ⇒ Rhaphiderus
3Species
GenusSigaruphasma
Hennemann, Conle, Perez-Gelabert & Valero, 2020
2Species
GenusSinoxenophasmina
Ho, 2021
1Species
GenusSpinoparapachymorpha
Ho, 2021
7Species
GenusSpinotecarchus
Harman, 1999
0Species
GenusStaelonchodes
Kirby, 1904
  ⇒ Lonchodes
38Species
GenusTaeniophasma
Uvarov, 1940
0Species
GenusTaeniosoma
Bolivar, 1897
  ⇒ Phasmotaenia
1Species
GenusTeruelphasma
1Species
GenusVenupherodes
1Species
GenusXenomaces
Bradley & Galil, 1977
0Species
GenusXenomachus
Redtenbacher, 1908
  ⇒ Xenomaches
2Species

Synonyms
Phasmidae (Gray, 1835)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Phasmatidae
EnglishWalking sticks
FinnishSauvasirkat


Distribution and Species lists of Phasmatidae Roberts, 1944
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Algeria
1 Genus  1 Species
Andorra
1 Genus  1 Species
Angola
1 Genus  1 Species
Argentina
5 Genera  7 Species
Australia
50 Genera  133 Species
Bahamas
1 Genus  2 Species
Bangladesh
6 Genera  7 Species
Belgium
3 Genera  4 Species
Bhutan
3 Genera  4 Species
Bolivia
3 Genera  3 Species
Brazil
17 Genera  35 Species
Brunei
8 Genera  10 Species
Cambodia
2 Genera  4 Species
Cameroon
1 Genus  1 Species
Canada
7 Genera  8 Species
Chile
4 Genera  5 Species
China
37 Genera  279 Species
Colombia
5 Genera  6 Species
Comoros
1 Genus  2 Species
Cook Islands
2 Genera  2 Species
Costa Rica
2 Genera  2 Species
Cuba
9 Genera  11 Species
Czech Republic
1 Genus  1 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 Genus  1 Species
Denmark
1 Genus  1 Species
Djibouti
1 Genus  1 Species
Dominica
1 Genus  1 Species
Dominican Republic
5 Genera  15 Species
East Timor
1 Genus  1 Species
Ecuador
5 Genera  5 Species
Egypt
1 Genus  1 Species
Fiji
7 Genera  11 Species
France
7 Genera  9 Species
Gambia
1 Genus  1 Species
Georgia
3 Genera  3 Species
Germany
3 Genera  3 Species
Greece
1 Genus  2 Species
Grenada
1 Genus  1 Species
Guinea
1 Genus  1 Species
Guinea-Bissau
1 Genus  1 Species
Haiti
2 Genera  3 Species
Honduras
2 Genera  3 Species
Iceland
1 Genus  1 Species
India
27 Genera  87 Species
Indonesia
60 Genera  263 Species
Ireland
3 Genera  5 Species
Italy
1 Genus  1 Species
Jamaica
3 Genera  6 Species
Japan
12 Genera  27 Species
Kazakhstan
1 Genus  1 Species
Laos
5 Genera  4 Species
Liberia
1 Genus  1 Species
Madagascar
10 Genera  22 Species
Malawi
1 Genus  1 Species
Malaysia
23 Genera  82 Species
Maldives
1 Genus  1 Species
Marshall Islands
1 Genus  1 Species
Mauritius
8 Genera  9 Species
Mexico
4 Genera  5 Species
Micronesia
8 Genera  6 Species
Mozambique
2 Genera  2 Species
Myanmar
15 Genera  23 Species
Namibia
1 Genus  1 Species
Nepal
1 Genus  1 Species
Netherlands
9 Genera  11 Species
New Zealand
7 Genera  18 Species
Nicaragua
2 Genera  1 Species
Nigeria
1 Genus  1 Species
North Korea
1 Genus  1 Species
Norway
1 Genus  1 Species
Palau
4 Genera  3 Species
Panama
3 Genera  2 Species
Papua New Guinea
31 Genera  100 Species
Paraguay
4 Genera  3 Species
Peru
6 Genera  4 Species
Philippines
26 Genera  62 Species
Poland
1 Genus  1 Species
Portugal
2 Genera  2 Species
Republic South Africa
9 Genera  9 Species
Romania
1 Genus  1 Species
Russia
3 Genera  2 Species
Saint Lucia
2 Genera  2 Species
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1 Genus  1 Species
Samoa
2 Genera  2 Species
Saudi Arabia
1 Genus  1 Species
Senegal
1 Genus  1 Species
Seychelles
3 Genera  6 Species
Singapore
8 Genera  10 Species
Solomon Islands
13 Genera  22 Species
South Korea
4 Genera  6 Species
Spain
3 Genera  3 Species
Sri Lanka
12 Genera  27 Species
Suriname
2 Genera  2 Species
Sweden
13 Genera  13 Species
Taiwan
10 Genera  29 Species
Thailand
15 Genera  32 Species
Tonga
3 Genera  3 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
1 Genus  1 Species
Turkey
2 Genera  2 Species
United Kingdom
9 Genera  17 Species
USA
21 Genera  28 Species
Vanuatu
7 Genera  9 Species
Venezuela
1 Genus  1 Species
Vietnam
29 Genera  77 Species
Yemen
1 Genus  1 Species
Zimbabwe
1 Genus  0 Species


Distribution on islands


Links, sources and further information
Phasmatidae at gbif.org
Phasmatidae at irmng.org
Phasmatidae at itis.gov