Eumastacoidea

Some of the characters of the members of the superfamily are the lack of an abdominal tympanum, wings if present widen towards the tip, the antennae are short in some groups the hindlegs are spread out laterally at rest. ==Families==

Phyllochoreia ramakrishnaiWayanad Wildlife Sanctuary Eumastax zumuniananear Tena, Ecuador Promastax archaicus1910 illustration of fossil The overall classification based on characteristics of the genitalia and the geographic distribution of family groups are as follows: • Family Chorotypidae • Subfamily Chininae • Subfamily Chorotypinae • Subfamily Erianthinae • Subfamily Eruciinae • Subfamily Mnesicleinae • Subfamily Prionacanthinae • Family Episactidae • Subfamily Episactinae • Subfamily Espagnolinae • Subfamily Miraculinae • Family Eumastacidae • Subfamily Eumastacinae • Subfamily Gomphomastacinae • Subfamily Masynteinae • Subfamily Morseinae • Subfamily Paramastacinae • Subfamily Parepisactinae • Subfamily Pseudomastacinae • Subfamily Temnomastacinae • Family Euschmidtiidae • Subfamily Euschmidtiinae • Subfamily Pseudoschmidtiinae • Subfamily Stenoschmidtiinae • Family Mastacideidae • Subfamily Mastacideinae • Family Morabidae • Monotypic subfamily Biroellinae • genus Biroella • Subfamily Morabinae • Family †Promastacidae • Genus †Promastax • Family Thericleidae • Subfamily Afromastacinae • Subfamily Barythericleinae • Subfamily Chromothericleinae • Subfamily Loxicephalinae • Subfamily Plagiotriptinae • Subfamily Thericleinae The genus †Promastacoides was originally considered a privative Eumastacoidea taxon by Kevan and& Wighton (1981), subsequent authors have consistently found it to be a Susumaniidae stick insect. ==References==