Verophasmatodea
The Verophasmatodea suborder of the Phasmatodea contains the vast majority of the extant species of stick and leaf insects.Superfamilies and families
The two infraorders may be distinguished by the entomological meaning of the term "areola": with the presence or absence of a small ring of colour or gap in wing margin - see the Glossary of entomology terms.Infraorder Anareolatae
- Anareolatae have a Worldwide distribution
- * Diapheromeridae - Kirby, 1904
- * Lonchodidae - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- * Phasmatidae - Gray, 1835
Infraorder Areolatae
- Superfamily Aschiphasmatoidea - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- * †Archipseudophasmatidae
- * Aschiphasmatidae - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- * Damasippoididae - Zompro, 2004
- * Prisopodidae - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- Superfamily Bacilloidea - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- * Anisacanthidae - Günther, 1953
- * Bacillidae - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- * Heteropterygidae - Kirby, 1896
- Superfamily Phyllioidea - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- * Phylliidae - Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- Superfamily Pseudophasmatoidea - Rehn, 1904
- * Heteronemiidae - Rehn, 1904
- * Pseudophasmatidae - Rehn, 1904
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