Phasmatidae

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Family of stick insects

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::summary Family of stick insects ::

| oldest_fossil = Cenomanian | image = Giant Stick Insect (Bactrododema tiaratum).jpg | image_caption = Bactrododema tiaratum | taxon = Phasmatidae | authority = Leach, 1815 | diversity_link = #Subfamilies | subdivision_ranks = | subdivision = | diversity = 10 subfamilies (but see text) | synonyms = Phasmidae Gray, 1835

The Phasmatidae are a family of the stick insects (order Phasmatodea). They belong to the superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea.

Like many of their relatives, the Phasmatidae are capable of regenerating limbs and commonly reproduce by parthenogenesis. Despite their bizarre, even threatening appearance, they are harmless to humans.

The Phasmatidae contain some of the largest insects in existence. An undescribed species of Phryganistria is the longest living insect known, able to reach a total length of 64 cm (25.2 inch).

Subfamilies

Following the Phasmid Study Group, nine subfamilies are recognized in the Phasmatidae. Other treatments differ, sometimes recognizing as few as six.

The Lonchodinae were historically often placed in the Diapheromeridae, the other family of the Anareolatae. The Phasmatinae are often expanded to include the two tribes here separated as the Clitumninae, while the Extatosomatinae may be similarly included in the Tropidoderinae as a tribe.

The Phasmid Species File currently lists:

In addition, a number of Phasmatidae taxa are here considered incertae sedis:

Consequently, numerous taxa are transferred or re-transferred to other genera, which results in 22 new or revised combinations or status of genera and species.

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References

  • {{cite journal| title = Revision of Oriental Phasmatodea: The tribe Pharnaciini Gunther, 1953, including the description of the world's longest insect, and a survey of the family Phasmatidae Gray, 1835 with keys to the subfamilies and tribes (Phasmatodea: "Anareolatae": Phasmatidae) | journal = Zootaxa| volume = 1906| date = 2008 | first1 = Frank H.| last1 = Hennemann| first2 = Oskar V.| last2 = Conle | pages = 1–316| publisher = Magnolia Press | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.1906.1.1| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263468707

References

  1. (September 28, 2009). "Phasmatidae". [[Phasmid Study Group]].
  2. "Longest insect".
  3. [http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1200523 Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)]
  4. (August 2016). "A thorny, 'anareolate' stick-insect (Phasmatidae s.l.) in Upper Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, with remarks on diversification times among Phasmatodea". Cretaceous Research.
  5. (16 October 2008). "World's Longest Insect Revealed". [[Natural History Museum, London.

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