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Megaphasma  Caudell, 1903
Taxonomic Serial No.: 102391

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2006   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderPolyneoptera   
                               OrderPhasmida Leach, 1815 – phasmids, stick insects, leaf insects  
                                  FamilyDiapheromeridae   
                                     GenusMegaphasma Caudell, 1903  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesMegaphasma denticrus (Stĺl, 1875)  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Megaphasma   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Otte, Daniel, and Paul Brock   
  Publication Date: 2003   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Phasmida Species File: A Catalog of the Stick and Leaf Insects of the World   
  Page(s): 505   
  Publisher: The Orthopterists' Society   
  Publication Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-929014-03-1   
  Notes: Published as a CD-ROM   
  Reference for: Megaphasma   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Otte, Daniel, and Paul Brock   
  Publication Date: 2005   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Phasmida Species File: Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the World, Second Edition   
  Page(s): 414   
  Publisher: Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia   
  Publication Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-929014-08-2   
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  Reference for: Megaphasma   
       

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