''Prisopodidae'' 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 ...

stick insects 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 dar ...

belonging to the

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 Euphasmatodea, also known by its junior synonym Verophasmatodea is a suborder of the Phasmatodea, which contains the vast majority of the extant species of stick and leaf insects, excluding the Timematodea. The oldest record of Euphasmatodea ...

and superfamily Aschiphasmatoidea; they can be found in Central and South America, South Africa, India,

Indo-China Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to th ...

and

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...

Genera

The

Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxono ...

and ''Phasmida Species File'' list: Subfamily Korinninae Günther, 1953 * '' Kalocorinnis'' Günther, 1944 (Borneo, peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra) * '' Korinnis'' Günther, 1932 (India, Indo-China, Malesia) Subfamily Prisopodinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 * ''

Damasippus In Greek mythology, Damasippus (Ancient Greek: Δαμάσιππος means ‘horse-taming) is the Spartan son of Icarius and the naiad Periboea. He was the brother of Penelope, Perileos, Thoas, Imeusimus, Aletes and probably Iphthime. This Damasip ...

'' Stål, 1875 (South America) * '' Dinelytron'' Gray, 1835 (Brazil) * '' Melophasma'' Redtenbacher, 1906 (South America) * '' Paraprisopus'' Redtenbacher, 1906 (South America) * '' Prisopus'' Peletier de Saint Fargeau & Serville, 1827 (Central & South America)

References

External links

* * {{Phasmatodea Phasmatodea families