Order Phasmatodea Jacobson and Bianchi 1902 (stick insect)
Alternative spellings: Phasmida, Phasmoidea
Parent taxon: Holophasmatodea according to S. Bradler and T. R. Buckley 2011
See also Engel and Grimaldi 2004, Handlirsch 1906, Kluge 2010, Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004, Martynov 1925, Misof et al. 2014, Sharov 1968, Terry and Whiting 2005, Wedmann et al. 2007 and Wipfler et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Aerophasmidae, Aeroplanidae, Prochresmodoidea, Susumanioidea, Xiphopteridea
Subtaxa: Areolatae Chresmododea Euphasmatodea Necrophasmatodea Pterophasmatidae Raphidium Timematodea
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