Diapheromeridae is a
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
of
stick insect
The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick bugs, walkingsticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred to as Devil's da ...
s (
order
Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to:
* A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica
* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
...
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 ...
). They belong to the
superfamily Anareolatae of
suborder
Order () is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized ...
Verophasmatodea.
The family contains some huge
species
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, e.g. ''
Paraphanocles keratosqueleton'' which can grow to over 30 cm long.
Subfamilies
Four
subfamilies
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are placed here according to the
Phasmid Study Group. The re-established
Lonchodidae
LonchodidaeBrunner von Wattenwyl (1893) ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova'' (2)13(33): 80. is a family of Phasmatodea, stick insects, with more than 150 genera and 1,000 described species.
The subfamilies Necrosc ...
, placed as a subfamily in the Diapheromeridae in older treatments, now contain the
Lonchodinae and the
Necrosciinae
Necrosciinae is a subfamily of the stick insect family Lonchodidae, with its greatest diversity in South-East Asia.
The subfamilies Necrosciinae and Lonchodinae, formerly part of Diapheromeridae, were determined to make up a separate family a ...
. The
Palophinae are the smallest subfamily by far and not particularly diverse. The other two subfamilies, with 3
tribe
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s each, contain the highest diversity of Diapheromeridae.
The subfamilies are now:
*
Diapheromerinae
*
Palophinae
See also
*
List of Diapheromeridae genera
References
External links
*
*
AnimalBase : Diapheromeridae Family
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