Acrophylla titan (Macleay, 1826)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Macleay, W.S. (1826) Annuloso, Catalogue of Insects, collected by Captain King, R.N. In Narrative of a survey of the Intertropical, and Western Coasts of Australia performed between the years 1818 and 1822. With an appendix, containing various subjects relating to hydrography and natural history. J. Murray, London. Vol. 2, pp. 438–469, Table B. [1827] Available from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/228738#page/476/mode/1up
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Phasmida
- family
- Phasmatidae
- genus
- Acrophylla
- species
- Acrophylla titan
Name
- Synonyms
- Acrophylla titanus
- Cyphocrania titan (Macleay, 1826)
- Diura titan (Macleay, 1826)
- Phasma titan Macleay, 1826
- Vetilia titan (Macleay, 1826)
- Homonyms
- Acrophylla titan (Macleay, 1826)
- Common names
- Titan Stick Insect in Inglés
- Titan Stick-insect in Inglés
- Titan Stick-insect in Inglés
Bibliographic References
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- Baxter. 2002. Rearing Stick and Leaf Insects, Chudleigh Publishing, Ilford 5
- Bedford. 1978. Biology and ecology of the Phasmatodea. Annual Review of Entomology 23:136
- Brewster, M.N., A.A. Brewster & Crouch. 1920. Family Phasmidæ (Leaf and Stick Insects.). Life Stories of Australian Insects, Dymock's Book Arcade, Sydney 38
- Brock & Hasenpusch. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography, Zootaxa, Magnolia Press, Auckland 1570:72
- Brock & Hasenpusch. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood vi, 95, figs., 164
- Brock & Hasenpusch. 2015. In Elias, Harley & Tsoutas [Ed.]. Australian stick and leaf insects (Insecta, Phasmida): camouflage and natural history. Camouflage cultures: beyond the art of disappearance, Sydney University Press, Sydney 61, 62
- Brock. 1994. Giant stick-insects in Australia: Notes on Acrophylla titan (Macleay). Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society 53:61
- Brock. 1995. An introduction to the world of stick & leaf insects. 25-27. Insect World International 1(1):26
- Brock. 1999. The amazing world of stick and leaf-insects. Amateur Entomologist, Amateur Entomologists Society (Amateur Entomologist) 26:21, pl. 5c
- Brock. 2003. Revised Edition. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22, The Amateur Entomologists' Society, London 61, pl. 4a-b
- Brock. 2013. Phasmid Books - Gray 1833. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter (PSG Newsletter) 130:9
- Buckley, Attanayake & Bradler. 2009[2008]. Extreme convergence in stick insect evolution: phylogenetic placement of the Lord Howe Island tree lobster. Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Proc. R. Soc. B.) 276:1058
- Burmeister. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie, T.C.F. Enslin, Berlin 2:580
- Burmeister. 1840. Audinet-Serville, historie naturelle des Orthopteres. Paris. 1839. 8 verglichen mit H. Burmeister, Handbuch d. Entomologie II. Bd. 2. Abth., 1. Halfte, (vulgo Orthoptera). Berlin 1838. 8. Germar’s Zeitschrift für die Entomologie 2:38
- Carlberg. 1987. Evolutionary and ecological aspects on ovarian diversity in Phasmida (Insecta). Zool. Jb. Syst. 114:48
- Carwardine. 1995. The Guinness Book of Animal Records, Guinness Publishing 234
- China & Riley. 1962. Opinion 641. Addition of certain generic and specific names in the family Phasmatidae (Insecta, Phasmatodea) to the official lists and indexes. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature (Bull. Zool. Nomencl.) 19(5):19
- Craddock. 1972. Chromosonal diversity in the Australian Phasmatodea. Australian Journal of Zoology (Australian J. Zool.) 20:448
- Gray, G.R. 1833. The Entomology of Australia, in a series of monographs. Part 1 containing the monograph of the genus Phasma, G.R. Gray, also sold at Longman & Co., London 19