Definitions
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- noun in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects
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Protophasmids miss critical synapomorphies (traits that identify a taxon) of Phasmida, and are currently considered probably close to Orthoptera (crickets and grasshoppers).
Behe and bugs: Genesis of a Creationist canard? - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Tilgner E, Systematics of Phasmida, 2002, PhD Thesis in Entomology, University of Georgia available online at this UGA site, searching for “Tilgner”; Grimaldi D, Engel MS, Evolution of the Insects, Cambridge University Press, 2005; and references therein
Behe and bugs: Genesis of a Creationist canard? - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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