family Phasmidae


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Related to family Phasmidae: Phylliidae
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Noun1.family Phasmidae - stick insects
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
order Phasmatodea, order Phasmida, Phasmatodea, Phasmida - in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects
stick insect, walkingstick, walking stick - any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies
genus Diapheromera - a genus of Phasmidae
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What are members of the family Phasmidae with an elongated cylindrical body better known as?
Family Phasmidae. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the Fauna and Flora of Mexico and Central America.