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Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Gray, G.R. (1835) In Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, London. 1–48 pp. Available from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8697

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Phasmida
family
Phasmatidae
genus
Acrophylla
species
Acrophylla enceladus

Name

Synonyms
Cyphocrania enceladus (Gray, 1835)
Vetilia enceladus (Gray, 1835)
Vetilia eurymedon Stål, 1877
Homonyms
Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835
Common names
Giant Acrophylla Stick-insect in English
Giant Acrophylla Stick-insect in English
Giant Acrophylla Stick-insect in English
Giant Spiny Acrophylla in English
Giant Acrophylla Stick-insect in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Balderson, Rentz & Roach. 1998. In Houston & A. Wells [Ed.]. Phasmatodea. Zoological Catalog of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 376
  2. Brock & Hasenpusch. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography, Zootaxa, Magnolia Press, Auckland 1570:72
  3. Brock & Hasenpusch. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood 91, figs., 164
  4. Craddock. 1972. Chromosonal diversity in the Australian Phasmatodea. Australian Journal of Zoology (Australian J. Zool.) 20:448
  5. Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, London 39
  6. Gray, G.R. 1837. Description of some singularly formed Orthopterous insects. Charlesworth's Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology 2(1):144
  7. Hughes, Lesley. 1996. When an insect is more like a plant. Nature Australia 1996 (Autumn):32, fig.
  8. Kirby. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae), The Trustees of the British Museum, London 1:393
  9. Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world, The Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 340
  10. Rainbow. 1897. Description of two new Australian Phasmas, together with a synopsis of the Phasmidae in Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 3:40
  11. Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini)., Verlag Engelmann, Leipzig 3:465
  12. Rudolf & Brock. 2017. In IUCN. Acrophylla enceladus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T78790996A78792112
  13. Sellick. 1980. A study of the eggs of the insect order Phasmida with particular reference to establishing the taxonomic value of egg structure in this group. University of London, Unpublished thesis, Thesis 124
  14. Sellick. 1998. The micropylar plate of the eggs of Phasmida, with a survey of the range of plate form within the order. Systematic Entomology 23:225
  15. Stål. 1875. Recensio orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, DeGeer et Thunberg. 3. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 32:84
  16. Tepper. 1903. List of described genera and species of the Australian and Polynesian Phasmidae (Spectre-insects). Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia 26:282
  17. Vickery. 1983. Catalogue of Australian stick insects (Phasmida, Phasmatodea, Phasmatoptera, or Cheleutoptera). CSIRO Australian division of Entomology, Technical Paper No 20 11
  18. Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae., British Museum, London 108, pl. 39:1-2
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