Definition of Phasmidae

1. Noun. Stick insects.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Phasmidae

Phaseolus angularis
Phaseolus aureus
Phaseolus caracalla
Phaseolus coccineus
Phaseolus limensis
Phaseolus lunatus
Phaseolus multiflorus
Phaseolus vulgaris
Phasianidae
Phasianus
Phasianus colchicus
Phasis
Phasmatidae
Phasmatodea
Phasmida
Phasmidae (current term)
Phasmidia
Phe
Phebe
Phecda
Phegopteris
Phegopteris connectilis
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
Pheidias
Phellodendron
Phellodendron amurense
Phemie
Phemister graft
Phenaphen
Phenergan

Literary usage of Phasmidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"... from Europe to show that the three divisions of the thorax must have been of nearly equal length and not as in living I Phasmidae very unequal, ..."

2. Guide to the Genera and Classification of the North American Orthoptera by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1897)
"Phasmidae. For the division of this family into subfamilies or genera, see Burmeister, Handb. ent., ii., 560 (1838); Serville, ..."

3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1916)
"... or Phasmidae, yet occupy a position somewhat intermediate between the ... are closely related to the Phasmidae, they are as distinct from them as the ..."

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