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Phasmida (Stick- and Leaf-Insects)

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Large, apterous or winged insects, frequently of elongate, cylindrical form, more rarely depressed and leaf-like. Mouthparts mandibulate. Prothorax short; mesoand metathorax usually elongate, the latter closely associated with 1st abdominal segment. Legs similar to each other; coxae small and rather widely separated; tarsi almost always 5-segmented. Fore wings, when present, usually small and with submarginal costa. Wing-pads do not undergo reversal during development. Ovipositor small and mostly concealed by enlarged 8th abdominal sternum. Male external genitalia variable and asymmetrical, concealed by 9th abdominal segment. Cerci short, unsegmented. Specialized auditory and stridulatory organs absent. Eggs deposited singly. Metamorphosis slight.

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Richards, O.W., Davies, R.G. (1977). Phasmida (Stick- and Leaf-Insects). In: Imms’ General Textbook of Entomology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0472-4_11

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