Agathemerodea
{{Short description|Suborder of stick insects}}
{{Taxobox
| image = Chinchemolle.JPG
| image_caption = Agathemera crassa
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Phasmatodea
| subordo = Agathemerodea
| subordo_authority =
| familia = Agathemeridae
| familia_authority =
| subfamilia = Agathemerinae
| subfamilia_authority =
| tribus = Agathemerini
| tribus_authority =
| genus = Agathemera
| genus_authority = Stål, 1875
}}
Agathemerodea was a suborder of the insect order Phasmatodea, but this placement is now considered a very doubtful.{{Cite web |url=http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1203857 |title=Phasmida Species File: nomen dubium Agathemerodea (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 27 May 2021) |access-date=27 May 2021 |archive-date=2 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302040612/http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1203857 |url-status=live }}
It consists of the sole genus Agathemera, with the several species limited to the mountainous regions of Argentina, Chile and Peru.
External links
{{reflist}}
- [http://phasmid-study-group.org/taxonomy/term/8580 Phasmid Study Group: Agathemerodea]
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{{Phasmatodea}}
Category:Obsolete arthropod taxa
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