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subfamily
Phasmatinae
Leach, 1815
tribe
Phasmatini
Leach, 1815
genus
Dryococelus
Gurney, 1947
species
Dryococelus
australis
(Montrouzier, 1855)
urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5722
Common name(s): Lord Howe Island Stick-insect
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Distribution:
Lord Howe Is. [extinct]; Balls Pyramid - Red List - CRITICALLY ENDANGERED [Australia]
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (56):
Montrouzier. 1855. Annales des la Société d’agriculture de Lyon (2)7:81
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Karabidion
australe
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Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 65, pl. 1:1-2
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Eurycantha
australis
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Etheridge. 1889. Australian Museum Memoirs 2:31
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Karabidion
australe
Rainbow. 1897. Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 3:38
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Eurycantha
australis
Sharp. 1898. In Willey. Zoological Results: based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty islands and elsewhere, collected during the years 1895, 1896 and 1897 274, fig. 160
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Eurycantha
(
Karabidion
)
australis
Tepper. 1903. Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia 26:284
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Karabidion
australis
Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:395
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Karabidion
australe
Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:340
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Carabidion
australe
urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5727
Lea. 1916. Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia 40:145, pl. 9:17 >> Note: notes >>
Karabidion
australe
Gurney. 1947. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 40:388, figs. 10-12
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Dryococelus
australis
urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5722
Paramonov. 1963. Pacific Science 17:361
>> Note: No specimens traced >>
Dryococelus
australis
McAlpine. 1967. Aust. ent. Soc. News Bull. 2(3):71 >> Note: rediscovery >>
Dryococelus
australis
Smithers. 1970. Ent. mon. Mag. 105:252 >> Note: notes >>
Dryococelus
australis
Key. 1970. The Insects of Australia, A textbook for students and research workers. 1st Edition 358 >> Note: brief summary >>
Dryococelus
australis
Healy & Smithers. 1971. Australian insects in colour (Reeds colourbook series) 24 >>
Dryococelus
australis
Bedford. 1978. Annual Review of Entomology 23:140
>> Note: Enemies >>
Dryococelus
australis
Sellick. 1980. University of London, Unpublished thesis 112
>> Note: Egg [unpublished thesis] >>
Eurycantha
australis
Vickery. 1983. CSIRO Australian division of Entomology, Technical Paper No 20 6
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Dryococelus
australis
Carlberg. 1986. Zool. Anz. 216(1/2):9 >> Note: Biology >>
Dryococelus
australis
Carwardine. 1995. The Guinness Book of Animal Records 235 >> Note: Extinct >>
Dryococelus
australis
Rentz. 1996. Grasshopper country. The abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia. Orthoptera; grasshoppers, katydids, crickets. Blattodea; cockroaches. Mantodea; mantids. Phasmatodea; stick insects. 249, figs., 256
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Dryococelus
australis
Balderson, Rentz & Roach. 1998. In Houston & A. Wells [Ed.]. Zoological Catalog of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera 367 >> Note: types probably lost >>
Dryococelus
australis
Brock. 1999. Amateur Entomologist 26:26, fig 14
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Dryococelus
australis
Humphrey. 2001. PSG Newsletter 87:6 >> Note: rediscovery on Balls Pyramid (also several accounts in national press, worldwide) >>
Dryococelus
australis
Priddel, Carlile, Humphrey, Fellenberg & Hiscox. 2003. Biodiversity and Conservation 12:1391
>> Note: rediscovery on Ball's Pyramid; conservation >>
Dryococelus
australis
Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 130
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Dryococelus
australis
Cox. 2005. PSG Newsletter 102:8, figs. >> Note: notes, mainly rearing >>
Dryococelus
australis
Honan. 2006. The Invertebrator 2006 July:1 >> Note: captive breeding, medicine >>
Dryococelus
australis
Hennemann & Conle. 2006. Zootaxa 1375:40, figs.
>> Note: egg >>
Dryococelus
australis
Pain. 2006. New Scientist 15th July 2006:42 >> Note: rediscovery, rearing problems >>
Dryococelus
australis
Robertson, H. 2006. Current Biology 16(18):781 >> Note: conservation measures >>
Dryococelus
australis
Honan. 2007. Butterfly & Other Invertebrates Club Inc. Newsletter 45:13, figs >> Note: conservation >>
Dryococelus
australis
Honan. 2007. The Victorian Naturalist 124(4):258
>> Note: captive rearing >>
Dryococelus
australis
Honan. 2008. J. Insect Conserv. 12:399
>> Note: biology, rearing and conservation >>
Dryococelus
australis
Henderson, A., D. Henderson & J. Sinclair. 2008. Bugs alive: a guide to keeping Australian invertebrates 86, fig.
>> Note: rearing >>
Dryococelus
australis
Buckley, Attanayake & Bradler. 2009[2008]. Proc. R. Soc. B. 276:1056, figs 1a-b
>> Note: in Lanceocercata, unrelated to Eurycanthinae >>
Dryococelus
australis
Brock & Hasenpusch. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia 19, 35, 74-75 figs.
>> Note: history, rearing >>
Dryococelus
australis
Egerton & Lochman. 2009. Wildlife of Australia 367
>> Note: rarity >>
Dryococelus
australis
Carlile, Priddel & Honan. 2009. Ecological Management & Restoration 10(Supp. 1):S124
>> Note: Conservation >>
Dryococelus
australis
Lonsdale. 2010. ICN 61:5 >> Note: update on conservation efforts >>
Dryococelus
australis
Priddel & Carlile. 2010. In Soorae [Ed.]. Global re-introduction perspectives: 2010. Additional case-studies from around the globe 17 >> Note: Return of D. australis to Lord Howe Island >>
Dryococelus
australis
Smith, M. 2012. PSG Newsletter 128:26, figs. >> Note: conservation update >>
Dryococelus
australis
Smith, M. 2012. PSG Newsletter 129:35, figs. >> Note: further information on conservation efforts >>
Dryococelus
australis
Wilkinson. 2014. Return of the Phasmid: Australia's rarest insect fights back from the brink of extinction. 1 >> Note: Book detailing the story of this species >>
Dryococelus
australis
Bradler. 2015. Entomologie heute 27:1, fig.
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Dryococelus
australis
Cleave & Tulloch. 2015. Phasmid: Saving the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect 1
>> Note: well illustrated childrens book telling the story of rediscovery and rescue of this species >>
Dryococelus
australis
Mikheyev, Zwick, Magrath, Grau, Qiu, Su & D. Yeates. 2017. Current Biology 27:1
>> Note: Balls Pyramid material confirmed as same species as specimens from Lord Howe Island >>
Dryococelus
australis
Smith, M. 2017. PSG Newsletter 139(16-17, figs):16 >> Note: Update on recent articles >>
Dryococelus
australis
Rudolf & Brock. 2017. In IUCN. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T6852A21426226
>> Note: Red List - CRITICALLY ENDANGERED >>
Dryococelus
australis
Flemons, Wills, D. Gray, Pearce, Z. Priebbenow, P. Priebbenow, Mattick, Bell, F. Köhler, Bower, I. Hutton, Bannigan & Stephens. 2018. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum, Online 26:77, figs
>> Note: Report of 2017 finds on Balls Pyramid >>
Dryococelus
australis
Bayley, C. Cheng & Lynch. 2018. Veterinary Pathology 55(5):719
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Dryococelus
australis
Bower, Carlile, Cleave, Haselden, Hiscox & O'Neill. 2018. In Garnett, Latch, Lindenmayer & Woinarski [Ed.]. Recovering Australian Threatened Species 189
>> Note: Path to recovery >>
Dryococelus
australis
Smith, M. 2019. PSG Newsletter 143:6, figs >> Note: Latest on rat poisoning >>
Dryococelus
australis
Tiffin. 2019. Animal Studies Journal 8(1/19):22
>> Note: rewilding >>
Dryococelus
australis
O'Hanlon, B.R. Jones & Bulbert. 2020. The Science of Nature 107(34):2, fig
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Dryococelus
australis
Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 469, 558, figs
>> Note: Species account; checklist of world species >>
Dryococelus
australis
Scrutiny:
Brock, 2019, There is a superb film of this phasmid and its history by Asher Flatt called 'Stuck on a Rock' - see https://vimeo.com/295310788 for the trailer. See also www.asherflatt.com
Brock, 2020, Buckley et al 2008 state that australis is unrelated to Eurycanthinae. Transferred to Phasmatidae [= Lanceocercata of Bradler] provisionally
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Australasia, Australia, Norfolk Is., Lord Howe I.
Kind of type: syntypes
Specimen category: Male, Female
Status of type: lost
synonym
spuria
(Kirby, 1904)
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