†superfamily Xiphopteridea Sharov 1968 (stick insect)
Synonym: Aeroplanoptera Tillyard 1918
Full reference: A. G. Sharov. 1968. Filogeniya ortopteroidnykh nasekomykh. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 118:1-216
Parent taxon: Phasmatodea according to P. E. S. Whalley 1985
Sister taxa: Chresmododea, Euphasmatodea, Necrophasmatodea, Permophasmatidae, Prochresmodoidea, Pseudoperla, Raphidium, Susumaniidae, Susumanioidea, Verophasmatodea
Subtaxa: Aerophasmidae, Aeroplanidae, Necrophasmidae, Xiphopteridae
Ecology: