Damasippoididae is a family of
walkingsticks in the order
Phasmatodea
The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an Order (biology), order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick bugs, walkingsticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred ...
. There are at least two genera and about six described species in Damasippoididae, found in
Madagascar
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Genera
These two genera belong to the family Damasippoididae:
* '' Damasippoides'' Brancsik, 1893
* '' Pseudoleosthenes'' Redtenbacher, 1906
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Phasmatodea
Phasmatodea families
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