family

Heteronemiidae Rehn, 1904

Type

Heteronemia Gray, 1835 type genus of Heteronemiidae Rehn, 1904

Nomenclature (19)

Heteronemiidae Rehn, 1904: 47.
type genus Heteronemia Gray, 1835
Heteronemiidae Rehn, 1904 in Bradley & Galil, 1977: 178.
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Heteronemiidae Rehn, 1904 in Murcia & Cadena-Castañeda, 2023: 37.
Heteronemiidae Rehn, 1904 in Vera & de la Fuente, 2025: 128. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (19)

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

Bragg, P.E. (2001) Phasmids of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 771 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/book/phasmids-of-borneo/

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. (1999) Stick and Leaf Insects of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, 223 pp. Available at http://www.nhbs.com/stick-and-leaf-insects-of-peninsular-malaysia-and-singapore-book

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

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

Crispino, E.B., Chiquetto-Machado, P.I., Engelking, P.W. & Cancello, E.M. (2020) Contributions to the knowledge of Canuleius Stål Phasmatodea: Heteronemiidae): taxonomy, morphology and notes on the biology of two species. Zootaxa, 4743(4), 511–535. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4743.4.3

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

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

Murcia, A. & Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2023) The stick insects (Insecta: Phasmatodea) from the Cloud Forest of the Chicaque Natural Park, Colombia. Insecta Mundi, 1020, 1–45. [in English]

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. (1998) Revision nearktischer und neotropischer Genera der Insektenordnung Phasmatodea, insbesondere der Familie Heteronemiidae sensu Bradley & Galil [UNPUBLISHED]. PhD thesis. Universität zu Kiel, Kiel. [in German] Available at http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Oliver_Zompro

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

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
family	1	0	0	1
subfamily	1	0	0	1
tribe	3	0	1	4
genus	14	0	6	20
subgenus	2	0	2	4
species	88	0	154	242