Metriophasma diocles (Westwood, 1859)

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Westwood, J.O. (1859) In Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. British Museum, London. 1–196, 48 pl. Available from http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofortho00brituoft

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Arthropoda

class

Insecta

order

Phasmida

family

Pseudophasmatidae

genus

Metriophasma

species

Metriophasma diocles

Name

Homonyms

Metriophasma diocles (Westwood, 1859)

Common names

Blue-tinged Stick-insect in English

Blue-tinged Stick-insect in English

Bibliographic References

1. Bedford. 1978. Biology and ecology of the Phasmatodea. Annual Review of Entomology 23:126
2. Berger & Wirth. 2004. Predation-mediated mortality of early life stages: A field experiment with nymphs of an herbivorous stick insect (Metriophasma diocles). Biotropica 36(3):424
3. Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez. 2011. The Stick Insects of Colombia, Herstellung und Verlag: Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt 43
4. Harman. 2013. The Development of the Phasmid Species List Part Five: PSG No.201 - PSG No. 250. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter (PSG Newsletter) 130:15
5. Hebard. 1919. Studies in the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Colombia. Part I. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 45:157
6. Hebard. 1924. Studies in Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Ecuador. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 76:139
7. Hebard. 1933. Notes on Panamanian Dermaptera and Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 59:123
8. Hebard. 1933. Studies in the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Colombia. - Supplement to papers one to five. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 59:34
9. Heleodoro, Mendes & Rafael. 2017. Studies on Brazilian Pseudophasmatidae (Phasmatodea) with the description of a new species of Agrostia Redtenbacher and new records for Metriophasma Uvarov and Parastratocles Redtenbacher. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 61:176, figs
10. 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 1:416
11. 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 202
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13. Redtenbacher. 1906. Phasmidae Areolatae. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden 1:140
14. Rehn, J.A.G. 1904. Studies in the Orthopterous family Phasmidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 56:105
15. Robinson, M.H. 1968. The defensive behaviour of the Javanese stick insect Orxines macklotti de Haan, with a note of the startle display of Metriotes diocles Westw. (Phasmatodea, Phasmidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Ent. mon. Mag.) 104:53, fig. 5
16. Robinson, M.H. 1969. The defensive behaviour of some orthopteroid insects from Panama. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society, London 121(7):287, fig. 6
17. Shelford. 1909. Family Phasmidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana Insecta Orthoptera 2:374
18. Simoens & Rabaey. 2009. Species report 21: Metriophasma diocles (Westwood, 1859). Phasma 19(72):9, figs.
19. Stål. 1875. Recensio orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, DeGeer et Thunberg. 3. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 32:100
20. Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae., British Museum, London 161, pl. 15:1