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subfamily Phasmodinae Caudell, 1912

• Common name(s):  stick katydids
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Herbivorous, flower-feeding specialists (petals, stamina and pollen).
• Citations (8):
  • Caudell. 1912. Genera Insectorum 138:1-25  
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Balderson. 1979. CSIRO Entomol. Tech. Paper 15:11
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Clyne. 1983. J. Austral. Entomol. Soc. 22(2):155 >> Note: Compared to Zaprochilinae
  • Gorochov. 1988. In Ponomarenko [Ed.]. Cretaceous Biocoenotic Crisis and the Evolution of Insects 184   >> Note: Phasmodinae
  • Rentz, D.C.F. [Ed.]. 1993. A Monograph of the Tettigoniidae of Australia 2:31
  • Otte, D. 1997. Orthoptera Species File 7:196 >> Note: Tettigoniidae: Phasmodinae
  • Rentz, D.C.F. 2010. A Guide to the Katydids of Australia 188  
  • Mugleston, H. Song & Whiting. 2013. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 69(3):1127   >> Note: monophyletic
• Type genus:  Phasmodes Westwood, 1843; priority for family-group names based on Phasmodes dates from Phasmodinae Caudell, 1912.  First use as Phasmodinae by Caudell, 1912.

• synonym Phasmodidae Caudell, 1912
• synonym Phasmodini Caudell, 1912
• genus Phasmodes Westwood, 1843
• species jeeba Rentz, 1993
• species nungeroo Rentz, 1993
• species ranatriformis Westwood, 1843

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