Ctenomorpha gargantua Hasenpusch & Brock, 2006

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Hasenpusch, J.W. & Brock, P.D. (2006) Studies on the Australian stick insect genus Ctenomorpha Gray (Phasmida: Phasmatidae), with the description of a new large species. Zootaxa, 1282, 1–15. Available from http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01282p015f.pdf

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Arthropoda

class

Insecta

order

Phasmida

family

Phasmatidae

genus

Ctenomorpha

species

Ctenomorpha gargantua

Name

Homonyms

Ctenomorpha gargantua Hasenpusch & Brock, 2006

Common names

Gargantuan Stick Insect in English

Gargantuan Stick-insect in English

Gargantuan Stick-insect in English

Gargantuan Stick-insect in English

Gargantuan Stick-insect in English

Bibliographic References

1. Brock & Hasenpusch. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography, Zootaxa, Magnolia Press, Auckland 1570:73
2. Brock & Hasenpusch. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood 106, figs., 168
3. 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 48, fig
4. Brock, J.A. Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman. 2016. The types of Phasmida in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Zootaxa 4179(2):171
5. Brock. 1999. The amazing world of stick and leaf-insects. Amateur Entomologist, Amateur Entomologists Society (Amateur Entomologist) 26:21, pl. 8
6. Davies, S. 2012. 'Monster' Australian Stick Insect Emerges. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter (PSG Newsletter) 129:15
7. Fiedel. 2016. Raising the giant. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter (PSG Newsletter) 136:12
8. Hasenpusch & Brock. 2006. Studies on the Australian stick insect genus Ctenomorpha Gray (Phasmida: Phasmatidae), with the description of a new large species. Zootaxa 1282:9
9. Monteith. 2014. Female of Australia's enigmatic giant phasmid finally captured. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter (PSG Newsletter) 132:24, figs
10. Monteith. 2014. Female of Australia’s enigmatic giant phasmid finally captured . Entomological Society of Queensland News Bulletin 42(2):33, figs.
11. Monteith. 2016. Does Queensland have the longest insect in the world? Well, perhaps....!. Entomological Society of Queensland News Bulletin 44(2):34
12. Rudolf & Brock. 2017. In IUCN. Ctenomorpha gargantua. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T79002185A79002202