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

	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