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Phasmatidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Leach, W.E. (1815) Entomology. In: The Edinburgh Encyclopedia. , pp. 57–172.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Phasmida
family
Phasmatidae

Name

Synonyms
Lanceocercata
Phasmidae
Homonyms
Phasmatidae
Common names
walking sticks in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Arnett. 1985. American insects: a handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico. First edition., Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York 115
  2. Balderson, Rentz & Roach. 1998. In Houston & A. Wells [Ed.]. Phasmatodea. Zoological Catalog of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 376
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  5. Bradler. 2009. Die Phylogenie der Stab- und Gespentschrecken (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Vol 2.1 Species, Phylogeny and Evolution, Universitätsverlag Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany 3
  6. Bradley, J.R. & Galil. 1977. The taxonomic arrangement of the Phasmatodea with keys to the subfamilies and tribes. Proceedings of the Entomological Society, Washington 79(2):186
  7. Bragg. 2001. Phasmids of Borneo, Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 365
  8. Brock. 2003. In Gale Research Staff. Phasmida (Stick and leaf insects). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Insects, Gale Group 221
  9. China. 1964. Opinion 716. Phasmatidae Gray, 1835 (Insecta, Phasmatodea): added to the official list of family-group names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature (Bull. Zool. Nomencl.) 21(6):420-421
  10. Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, London 1-48
  11. Hennemann & Conle. 2008. Revision of Oriental Phasmatodea: The tribe Pharnaciini Günther, 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), Zootaxa 1906:17
  12. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 716 Phasmatidae Gray, 1835 (Insecta, Phasmatodea): added to the Official List of Family-group Names..Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 21(6), 420-421 (1964)
  13. Kevan. 1963. Phasmidae vs. Phasmatidae: Comment Z.N.(S.) 1167. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature (Bull. Zool. Nomencl.) 20(4):256
  14. Kevan. 1982. In Parker [Ed.]. Phasmoptera. Synopsis and classification of living organisms, McGraw-Hill, New York 2:383
  15. Key. 1960. Proposed addition of certain generic and specific names in the Family Phasmatidae (Class Insecta, Order Phasmatodea) to the official lists and indexes. Z.N.(S.) 1167. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature (Bull. Zool. Nomencl.) 17(6-8):235-240
  16. Kirby. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae), The Trustees of the British Museum, London 1:393
  17. Leach. 1815. In Brewster, D. Entomology. The Edinburgh Encyclopedia 9:119
  18. Macleay, W.J. 1881. On a species of Phasmatidae destructive to Eucalypti. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6(3):536
  19. Moxey. 1972. The stick-insects (Phasmatodea) of the West Indies -- their systematics and ecology. Harvard University [unpublished thesis], Thesis 44
  20. Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world, The Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 31
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