Order Phasmatodea

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Order Phasmatodea
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Phasmatodea (head)

• hypognathous or prognathous
• eyes present, usually small
• ocelli usually absent
• antennae present, long or short

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Phasmatodea (thorax)

• wings present or absent
• hind wing anal area enlarged

anal area
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Phasmatodea (thorax)

• legs usually long slender
• legs gressorial
• tarsi 3-5 segmented

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Phasmatodea (abdomen)

• 10-segmented
• cerci present, 1-segmented
• female ovipositor small

cerci
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Phasmatodea (biology/ecology)
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Phasmatodea (biology/ecology)
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Phasmatodea (biology/ecology)
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Phasmatodea (fauna)

• World Fauna
• 3 to 10 families
• ca. 2500 species
• North American Fauna
• 4 families
• Heteronemiidae (lab)
• Pseudophasmatidae (lab)
• ca. 35 species

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Phasmatodea Pseudophasmatidae
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Phasmatodea Heteronemiidae
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Phasmatodea Timemidae
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Phasmatodea Phyliidae
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Order Phasmatodea
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Order Phasmida
phas0002 Podacanthus sp.
CSIRO 1991395 (2)
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Phasmatodea
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Phasmatodea
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Phasmatodea
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Phasmatodea Timemidae