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Phasmatidae (disused)

Insecta - Phasmatodea - Phasmatidae

Taxonomy
Phasmatidae was named by Leach (1815). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chresmodidea by Sharov (1968); and to Anareolatae by Engel (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Phasmatidae Leach
1968Phasmatidae Sharov
2016Phasmatidae Engel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Eukinolabia
Holophasmatodea
orderPhasmatodeaJacobson and Bianchi 1902
Euphasmatodea
suborderAnareolataeRedtenbacher 1906
familyPhasmatidaeLeach 1815
familyPhasmatidaeLeach 1815

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Phasmatidae Leach 1815
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available