Talk:Phasmatodea

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No sections on the fossil record
There currently is a lack of nearly any paleontology data for the order, and only one extinct genus mentioned.-- Kev min  § 15:05, 14 October 2015 (UTC)


 * They are indeed very rare, but I've added some details with sources. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:17, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Phasmida or Phasmatodea?
Phasmida might be the valid name now. Bob Webster (talk) 01:01, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree - see http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1199226 Shyamal (talk) 16:07, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

"Get Stickbugged LOL" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Get Stickbugged LOL and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 January 29 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Drmies (talk) 17:50, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Discussion of Alternative Taxonomies Confusing
The currrent version says: "An alternative is to divide the Phasmatodea into three suborders Agathemerodea (1 genus and 8 species), Timematodea (1 genus and 21 species) and Euphasmatodea. for the remaining taxa.[39] This division is, however, not fully supported by the molecular studies, which recover Agathemerodea as nested within Verophasmatodea rather than being the sister group of the latter group.".

This is the first mention of "Verophasmatodea" in the text (it's mentioned in the "Subgroups" table, but not in a way that helps much). In other words, this is meaningful only to someone who already knows a lot about phasmids. Maybe it could be re-worded as "... nested within Euphasmatodea to form the subgroup Verophasmatodea"? I'm not going to make the edit, as I'm not sure enough that it captures the intended meaning, but perhaps someone with more expertise could make a suitable amendment. Urilarim (talk) 22:40, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

No mention of diet
This article needs to at least mention what stick insects eat. I didn't see anything either in this article or any on individual species I checked. I did see when they eat, but not what they eat. Will (Talk - contribs) 01:58, 8 February 2024 (UTC)