family

Pseudophasmatidae Rehn, 1904

Type

Pseudophasma Bolívar, 1896 type genus of Pseudophasmatidae Rehn, 1904

Nomenclature (20)

Pseudophasmatidae Rehn, 1904: 91.
type genus Pseudophasma Bolívar, 1896
Pseudophasmatidae Rehn, 1904 in Kirby, 1904: 408.
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Pseudophasmatidae Rehn, 1904 in Heleodoro & Chiquetto-Machado, 2024: 307. Key
Pseudophasmatidae Rehn, 1904 in Vera & de la Fuente, 2025: 129. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (20)

Arnett, R.H. (1985) In American insects: a handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico. First edition. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York.
Bradler, S. (2009) In Die Phylogenie der Stab- und Gespentschrecken (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Vol 2.1 Species, Phylogeny and Evolution. Universitätsverlag Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. Vol. 2.1, 3–139 pp. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/255907469_Die_Phylogenie_der_Stab-_und_Gespenstschrecken_Insecta_Phasmatodea
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Bradley, J.C. & Galil, B.S. (1977) The taxonomic arrangement of the Phasmatodea with keys to the subfamilies and tribes. Proceedings of the Entomological Society, Washington, 79(2), 176–208. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16301624#page/194/mode/1up

Brock, P.D. & Büscher, T.H. (2022) Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids. NAP Editions, France: Verrières-le-Buisson, 612 pp. Available at http://www.napeditions.com/en/67-stick-and-leaf-insects-of-the-world.html

Brock, P.D. (2003) Phasmida (Stick and leaf insects). In Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Insects. Gale Group. pp. 221–231. Available at http://lemondedesphasmes.free.fr/IMG/pdf/sp657794.pdf

Büscher, T.H., Buckley, T.R., Grohmann, C., Gorb, S. & Bradler, S. (2018) The Evolution of Tarsal Adhesive Microstructures in Stick and Leaf Insects (Phasmatodea). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 6, 69. Available at http://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2018.00069/full

Cliquennois, N. (2020) Chapitre 18 Ordre des Phasmatodea (Phasmes). In H.-P. Aberlenc (Ed.). Les Insectes du Monde Biodiversité, classification, clés de détermination des familles. Éditions Museo. Vol. 1, pp. 403–437. Available at http://www.museo-editions.com/les-insectes-du-monde

Figueiredo de Araujo, F. & Garraffoni, A.R.S. (2012) Diversidade de Phasmida (Insecta) na Serra do Espinhaço, Chapada Diamantina (MG). Entomobrasilis, 5(2), 137–145. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/236528327_Diversidade_de_Phasmida_Insecta_na_Serra_do_Espinhaco_Chapada_Diamantina_MG

Heleodoro, R.A. & Chiquetto-Machado, P.I. (2024) Capı́tulo 21: Phasmatodea Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902. Insetos do Brasil: Diversidade e Taxonomia. 2\textordfeminine ed.

Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1982) Phasmoptera. In Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. Vol. 2, pp. 379–383.

Kirby, W.F. (1904) A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae). The Trustees of the British Museum, London, Vol. 1, 501 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29661

Luna, M.de, García-Barrios, R., Cuéllar-Rodríguez, G. & López-Mora, U. (2023) A new record of a winged stick insect (Phasmatodea) from Mexico, with a checklist and key to the species of the family Pseudophasmatidae from continental North America. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 32(2), 171–176. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.32.98203

Ramírez-Mora, M.A., Calero Meija, H. & Montoya Lerma, J. (2022) Phasmatodea (fásmidos, insectos palo). In Insectos de la Isla Gorgona. Universidad del Valle. 79–86 pp.

Redtenbacher, J. (1906) Phasmidae Areolatae. In Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. Vol. 1, 1–180, pls 1–6. [in German] Available at http://www.archive.org/details/DieInsektenfamilieDerPhasmidenVol.1

Rehn, J.A.G. (1904) Studies in the Orthopterous family Phasmidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 56, 38–107. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30096#page/48/mode/1up

Sellick, J.T.C. (1988) The capitula of phasmid eggs: an update with a review of the current state of phasmid ootaxonomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 93, 273–282. Available at http://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/93/3/273/2658287?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Seow-Choen, F. (1997) A guide to the stick and leaf insects of Singapore. Singapore Science Centre, Singapore, 160 pp. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francis_Seow-Choen

Vera, A. & de la Fuente, T.R. (2025) In T.R. de la Fuente & F. Fuenzalida (Eds.). Insectos de Chile. Guía para la identificación y conservación de especies nativas. Ediciones Libro Verde, Chile. 1st ed., pp. 124–129. [in Spanish] Available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/396775496_Palotes_y_chinchemolles_Phasmida

Zompro, O. (2004) Revision of the genera of the Areolatae, including the status of Timema and Agathemera (Insecta, Phasmatodea). Goecke & Evers, Keltern-Weiler, Germany, 327 pp. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/313233330_Revision_of_the_genera_of_the_Areolatae_including_the_status_of_Timema_and_Agathemera_Insecta_Phasmatodea
Zompro, O. (2009) Stabschreckem, Gespenschrecken, Wandelnde Blätter - Phasmidensystematik im Überblick I. [An overview of phasmid systematics 1]. Arthropoda, 17(1), 10–18. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Oliver_Zompro

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
family	1	0	0	1
subfamily	3	0	1	4
tribe	7	0	0	7
genus	49	0	27	76
subgenus	2	0	2	4
species	344	0	475	819
subspecies	2	0	3	5