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Eurycnema goliath (Gray, 1834)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Gray, G.R. (1834) Descriptions of several species of Australian Phasmata. Transactions of the Entomological Society, London, 1, 45–46. Available from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13496987/#page/63/mode/1up

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Phasmida
family
Phasmatidae
genus
Eurycnema
species
Eurycnema goliath

Name

Synonyms
Acrophylla acheron
Acrophylla goliath (Gray, 1834)
Clemacantha regale Rainbow, 1897
Ctenomorpha acheron
Cyphocrana goliath (Gray, 1834)
Diura magnifica (Kirby, 1904)
Eurycnema magnifica Kirby, 1904
Eurycnema viridissima Kirby, 1904
Phasma acheron Gray, 1834
Phasma goliath Gray, 1834
Homonyms
Eurycnema goliath (Gray, 1834)
Common names
Goliath Stick Insect in English
Regal Stick Insect in English
Goliath 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 368
  2. Baxter. 2002. Rearing Stick and Leaf Insects, Chudleigh Publishing, Ilford 4
  3. Bedford. 1978. Biology and ecology of the Phasmatodea. Annual Review of Entomology 23:135
  4. Blanchard. 1840. In Castelnau [Ed.]. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères, Néuroptères, Hémiptères, Hymenoptères, Lépidoptères et Diptères, P. Duménil, Paris 1-672
  5. Brock & Hasenpusch. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography, Zootaxa, Magnolia Press, Auckland 1570:73
  6. Brock & Hasenpusch. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood 1,7, 8, 20, 109, figs., 169
  7. Brock. 1985. The Phasmid Rearer’s Handbook (Stick Insects and Leaf Insects), The Amateur Entomologists’ Society. The Amateur Entomologist Vol. 20, Feltham 34
  8. Brock. 1992. New Edition. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22, The Amateur Entomologists' Society, London 60
  9. Brock. 1998. Studies on the stick-insect genus Eurycnema Audinet-Serville (Phasmida: Phasmatidae) with particular reference to Australian species. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. of Orthoptera Res.) 7:61, figs
  10. Brock. 1999. The amazing world of stick and leaf-insects. Amateur Entomologist, Amateur Entomologists Society (Amateur Entomologist) 26:21, pl. 6
  11. Brock. 2000. New record for the Goliath Stick Insect Eurycnema goliath from the Northern Territory, Australia. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter (PSG Newsletter) 84:13
  12. Brock. 2003. Revised Edition. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22, The Amateur Entomologists' Society, London 62
  13. Brullé. 1835. In Audouin & Brullé. Orthoptères. Histoire naturelle des Insectes., Pillot, Paris 105, pl. 7
  14. 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
  15. Carlberg. 1987. Culturing stick- and leaf-insects (Phasmida) - A review. Z. Versuchstierkd. 29:51
  16. Carlberg. 1987. Evolutionary and ecological aspects on ovarian diversity in Phasmida (Insecta). Zool. Jb. Syst. 114:48
  17. Crotch & et al. 1970. Rearing Stick Insects, Amateur Entomologist's Society. AES Leaflet No. 30, London 16
  18. Gray, G.R. 1834. Descriptions of several species of Australian Phasmata. Transactions of the Entomological Society, London 1:45
  19. Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, London 39
  20. Günther. 1929. Die Phasmoiden der Deutschen Kaiserin Augusta-Fluss-Expedition 1912/13. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Phasmoidenfauna Neuguineas. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum, Berlin 14:627
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