Verophasmatodea

Taxobox
name = Phasmatodea
fossil_range=Eocene - Recent

---

image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Heteropteryx dilatata" from Malaysia
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Phasmatodea
subordo = Verophasmatodea
subdivision_ranks = Superfamilies and families
subdivision = See text

Verophasmatodea is a suborder of the Phasmatodea that contains the vast majority of the extant species of stick and leaf-insects.

uperfamilies and families

* Superfamily Anareolatae
** Diapheromeridae
** Phasmatidae
* Superfamily Areolatae
** Aschiphasmatidae
** Bacillidae
** Heteronemiidae
** Phylliidae
** Pseudophasmatidae

References

* [http://perso.orange.fr/philippe.lelong/english/phasmids.htm The phasmids]