An Introduction to Australian Insects

Phillip W. Hadlington and Judith A. Johnston

University of New South Wales Press, ISBN 0 86840 465 9, pp. 28-29

ORDER PHASMATODEA
Stick insects or Phasmatids

Elongated, large often exceeding 250 mm resembling either sticks or leaves; small head; antennae short to long; compound eyes present, ocelli present or absent; chewing (mandibulate) mouth-parts; second thoracic segment (mesothorax) long; legs often strongly spined; wings mostly absent, in winged species male with developed wings, female usually with very small wings and unable to fly, forewings (tegmina) short, hindwings membranous and fan-like with a toughened front section; abdomen long and cylindrical or flattened. [...]


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