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Name

Phasmida

stick insects, leaf insects

Framing

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Crustacea

Class: Hexapoda

Subclass: Insecta

Order: Phasmida

Habitat

Herbaceous, or shrubby, or arboreal

Feeding

herbivore

Distribution

Cosmopolitans

Conservation status

Not evaluated

Additional information

Stick insects have long slender bodies with filiform antennae of varying length. Mimetic with bushes and grasses. Males infrequent, females usually reproduce by parthenogenesis. European species are apterous.

Additional information

Bibliography

- Brock, P.D., Büscher, T. & Baker, E. Phasmida Species File Online. Version 5.0/5.0. - Moya Aliaga, M., 2015. Clase Insecta. Orden Phasmatodea. Revista IDE@ - SEA. No 45, pp 1-11. Ibero Diversidad Entomológica @ccessible. ISSN: 2386-7183. - Sánchez-Ruiz, M. 2016. Ordo Phasmida. En: IBERFAUNA. El Banco de Datos de la Fauna Ibérica. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC).