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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Walkingsticks (Phasmida) » Striped Walkingsticks (Pseudophasmatidae)

Family Pseudophasmatidae - Striped Walkingsticks

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Two-Striped Walkingstick - Anisomorpha buprestoides - male - female Mating pair of two-striped walking sticks? - Anisomorpha buprestoides Close up of mating organs - Anisomorpha buprestoides - male - female Juvenile Two-Striped Walkingsticks - Anisomorpha buprestoides Anisomorpha buprestoides - Anisomorpha buprestoides - male - female Stick bug - Anisomorpha - female Insect carrying a baby on its back - Anisomorpha - male - female Anisomorpha buprestoides - male - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Phasmida (Walkingsticks)
Family Pseudophasmatidae (Striped Walkingsticks)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
according to recent studies (Bradler 2009), this group is polyphyletic, so taxonomic changes are to be expected
Numbers
2 spp. in a single genus in our area(1); 61 genera worldwide(2)
Range
represented on all continents except Africa(2); in our area, IL-FL-TX(1)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Brock P.D. Phasmida species file online. Version 5.0
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 24 July, 2017 - 8:10am

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