Phasmatidae, Gray, 1835

Hennemann, Frank H. & Conle, Oskar V., 2008, Revision of Oriental Phasmatodea: The tribe Pharnaciini Günther, 1953, including the description of the world's longest insect, and a survey of the family Phasmatidae Gray, 1835 with keys to the subfamilies and tribes (Phasmatodea: " Anareolatae ": Phasmatidae), Zootaxa 1906, pp. 1-316 : 20

4.1 The Phasmatidae and Phasmatinae sensu Bradley & Galil, 1977

Sensu Bradley & Galil (1977: 186) the family Phasmatidae contained six distinct subfamilies, five from the Old World Region ( Phasmatinae , Tropidoderinae , Xeroderinae , Platycraninae and Eurycanthinae ), and one, the Cladomorphinae , from the Neotropical Region. The more strict definition of Phasmatidae , suggested by Bradler (2001) and termed Lanceocercata by that author, excludes sections of former Phasmatinae , Xeroderinae and Platycraninae as well as the subfamilies Eurycanthinae and Cladomorphinae from the family, since they do not match with the diagnostic features like the laterally compressed, foliaceous cerci or tectiform anal segment of ♂♂ which forms a conspicuous clasping apparatus. Indeed, certain tribes of Phasmatinae (→ 4.3), some genera of Xeroderinae (→ 4.6.2) and the type genus of Platycraninae (→ 4.) strongly differ in genital features and do obviously not belong in Phasmatidae s. str. (= Lanceocercata).