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Common Walking Stick Insects
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Common Walking Stick Insects

Diapheromeridae

Diapheromeridae is a family of stick insects (order Phasmatodea) in the suborder Euphasmatodea. As of 2025, the exact position of Diapheromeridae within Euphasmatodea is unknown - it is considered incertae sedis and not assigned to any known superfamily.

The family contains some huge species, e.g. Paraphanocles keratosqueleton which can grow to over 30 cm long.

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3 branches of this family, most-observed first

Diapheromerinae

subfamilyDiapheromerinae

Pachymorphinae

subfamilyPachymorphinae

Palophinae

subfamilyPalophinae

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47320.