Species Hyrtacus caurus (Tepper, 1905)
Tepper’s Plain Stick-insect
- Lonchodes caurus Tepper, J.G.O. 1905. Insects collected in the North-western Region of South Australia proper by H. Basedow; with descriptions of new species of Mantidae and Phasmidae, No. 2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 29: 237-245 [239].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂ adult, NW SA. - Marcenia cunctatrix Sjöstedt, Y. 1918. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 17. Mantidae and Phasmidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(19): 1-61 1 pl. [37].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHRM 2♂ adults, Kimberley District, WA. - Hyrtacus nigrogranulosus Sjöstedt, Y. 1918. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 17. Mantidae and Phasmidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(19): 1-61 1 pl. [42].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHRM 2♀ adults, NW Australia. - Bacillus peristhenellus Tepper, J.G.O. 1905. Insects collected in the North-western Region of South Australia proper by H. Basedow; with descriptions of new species of Mantidae and Phasmidae, No. 2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 29: 237-245 [244].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA ♂ adult ♂ juv., NW SA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography. Zootaxa 1570: 1-81 [70]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, South Australia
IBRA
NT, SA: Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Great Sandy Desert (GSD)
Ecological Descriptors
Herbivore.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |