Euphasmatodea

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Suborder of insects

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::summary Suborder of insects ::

| fossil_range = | image = Malaysische Gespensterschrecke.jpg | image_caption = Heteropteryx dilatata from Malaysia | taxon = Euphasmatodea | authority = Bradler, 1999 | display_parents = 4 | synonyms = Verophasmatodea Zompro, 2004 | subdivision_ranks = Superfamilies | subdivision = Aschiphasmatoidea Bacilloidea Phyllioidea Pseudophasmatoidea 3 families incertae sedis

The Euphasmatodea, also known by its junior synonym Verophasmatodea is a suborder of the Phasmatodea, which contains the vast majority of the extant species of stick and leaf insects, excluding the Timematodea. The oldest record of Euphasmatodea is Araripephasma from the Crato Formation of Brazil, dating to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous.

Superfamilies and families

The suborder Euphasmatodea was previously divided into two infraorders: the Areolatae and Anareolatae, based on the presence or absence of an "areola": a small ring of colour or gap in wing margin - see the Glossary of entomology terms. This division has now been superseded and the suborder is now divided into four superfamilies: Aschiphasmatoidea, Bacilloidea, Phyllioidea, and Pseudophasmatoidea. The latter includes family Agathemeridae, which was previously placed in suborder Agathemerodea.

Aschiphasmatoidea

Authority: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Bacilloidea

Authority: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

[[Phyllioidea]] {{Au|Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893}}

  • Phylliidae - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Australasia, Asia, Pacific)

Pseudophasmatoidea

Authority: Rehn, 1904

''Incertae sedis''; ex. Anareolatae

The following three families were previously placed in the "Anareolatae", but are currently (2021) considered incertae sedis.

  • Diapheromeridae - Kirby, 1904 - Worldwide distribution (except the Antarctic)
  • Lonchodidae - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 - Worldwide, but especially southern Africa, Asia & Australia
  • Phasmatidae - Gray, 1835 - Asia, Australasia, Americas (especially South), Pacific, Africa

References

References

  1. [http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1203906 Phasmida Species File: suborder Euphasmatodea (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 27 May 2021)]
  2. Cliquennois (2020) In Aberlenc [Ed.]: ''Les Insectes du Monde Biodiversité, classification, clés de détermination des familles'' 1: 414.
  3. (May 2022). "The oldest Euphasmatodea (Insecta, Phasmatodea): modern morphology in an Early Cretaceous stick insect fossil from the Crato Formation of Brazil". Papers in Palaeontology.
  4. Zompro, O. 2001. The Phasmatodea and Raptophasma n. gen., Orthoptera ''incertae sedis'', in Baltic amber (Insecta: Orthoptera). ''Mitteilungen des Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institutes der Universität Hamburg'' '''85''': 229–261.

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