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subfamily Phasmatinae Leach, 1815

• Distribution:
  •  Asia, Australasia, Brazil?
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (14):
  • Leach. 1815. In Brewster, D. The Edinburgh Encyclopedia 9(1):119   >> Note: Leach's use of the family name 'Phasmida', later amended to Phasmidae and then Phasmatidae by Gray in 1835, still leaves Leach as the original author i.e. the family-group name retains its authorship and date independently, if its ending is changed or not. So this also applies to the subfamily.
  • Günther. 1953. Beiträge zur Entomologie, Berlin 3(5):547, 554   >> Note: Phasminae Karny 1923 (=Acrophyllini Redtenbacher)
  • Bradley, J.C. & Galil. 1977. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 79(2):192   >> Note: spelling corrected to Phasmatinae; key to tribes
  • Kevan. 1982. In Parker, S.F. [Ed.]. Synopsis and classification of living organisms 2:383
  • Sellick. 1988. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 93:277   >> Note: Capitula of eggs
  • Rentz. 1996. Grasshopper country. The abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia. Orthoptera; grasshoppers, katydids, crickets. Blattodea; cockroaches. Mantodea; mantids. Phasmatodea; stick insects. 254  
  • Seow-Choen. 1997. A guide to the stick and leaf insects of Singapore 113  
  • Brock. 1999. Stick and Leaf Insects of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore 180  
  • Bragg. 2001. Phasmids of Borneo 366   >> Note: Key to Bornean tribes
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 32  
  • Hennemann & Conle. 2008. Zootaxa 1906:26  
  • Bradler. 2009. Die Phylogenie der Stab- und Gespentschrecken (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Vol 2.1 Species, Phylogeny and Evolution 2.1:3   >> Note: majority belong to proposed rank-free Schizodecema
  • Hennemann. 2021. Zootaxa 5073(1):88  
  • Seow-Choen. 2021. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Peninsular Malaysia Volume 1 766  
• Type genus:  Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796; priority for family-group names based on Phasma dates from Phasmatidae Leach

• synonym Acrophyllini Redtenbacher, 1908
• synonym Phasminae Leach, 1815
• tribe Acanthomimini Günther, 1953
• genus Acanthomima Kirby, 1904
• genus Anophelepis Westwood, 1859
• genus Arphax Stål, 1875
• genus Echetlus Stål, 1875
• genus Mauritiophasma Cliquennois & Brock, 2004
• genus Vasilissa Kirby, 1896
• tribe Acanthoxylini Bradley & Galil, 1977
• genus Acanthoxyla Uvarov, 1944
• genus Argosarchus Hutton, 1898
• genus Clitarchus Stål, 1875
• genus Pseudoclitarchus Salmon, 1991
• genus Tepakiphasma Buckley & Bradler, 2010
• tribe Phasmatini Leach, 1815
• genus Acrophylla Gray, 1835
• genus Anchiale Stål, 1875
• genus Cigarrophasma Brock & Hasenpusch, 2001
• genus Clemacantha Rainbow, 1897
• genus Ctenomorpha Gray, 1833
• genus Dryococelus Gurney, 1947
• genus Eurycnema Audinet-Serville, 1838
• genus Onchestus Stål, 1877
• genus Paractenomorpha Hennemann & Conle, 2004
• genus Paracyphocrania Redtenbacher, 1908
• genus Paronchestus Redtenbacher, 1908
• genus Peloriana Uvarov, 1940
• genus Phasma Lichtenstein, 1796

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