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species Acanthoxyla prasina (Westwood, 1859)

• Common name(s):  Black-spined Stick-insect
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  specimen

• Distribution:
  •  New Zealand; also England (Cornwall)
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (56):
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 49, pl. 3: 2   >> Acanthoderus prasinus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5426
  • Hutton, F.W. 1898. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Wellington 30:164   >> Clitarchus prasinus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5427
  • Hutton, F.W. 1899. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Wellington 31:77   >> Acanthoderus prasinus
  • Tepper. 1903. Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia 26:285   >> Acanthoderus prasinus
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:340   >> Macracantha prasinus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5428
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1907. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. II. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). Phasmiden:239   >> Acanthoderus prasinus
  • Giglio-Tos. 1910. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino 25(625):23   >> Note: note on specimen in Torino collection >> Acanthoderus prasinus
  • Tillyard. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand 94   >> Acanthoderus prasinus
  • Günther. 1932. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum, Berlin 17:756   >> Macracantha prasina
  • Uvarov. 1944. Proc. R. Ent. Soc. Lond. 13:95   >> Note: in UK [misidentification of Acanthoxyla geisovii] >> Acanthoxyla prasina    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5425
  • Salmon. 1955. Transactions of the Royal Society, New Zealand 82(5):1152   >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Salmon. 1955. Tuatara 5:pl. 2   >> Note: regneration >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Brangham. 1962. The Naturalist's Riviera 151 >> Note: in UK >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Salmon. 1970. New Zealand Entom. 4(3):70   >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Sellick. 1975. AES Exotic Entomology Group 1975(3):1 >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Wise. 1977. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 11:50   >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Sellick. 1980. University of London, Unpublished thesis 139, fig. 81   >> Note: Egg [unpublished thesis] >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Passerin d´Entreves. 1981. Cataloghi. IV - Collezione Ortotterologiche del Museo di Zoologia de´ll Università di Torino 56   >> Acanthoderus prasinus
  • Grimwade. 1982. AES Exotic Entomology Group 1982:86 >> Note: [in part only] mostly relates to A. geisovii in UK >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Brock. 1984. PSG Newsletter 20:2 >> Note: in St Mawes >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Daniels. 1985. PSG Newsletter 23:4 >> Note: rearing >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Brock. 1987[1986]. In Mazzini & Scali [Ed.]. Stick Insects: Phylogeny and reproduction. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Stick Insects, Siena 125   >> Note: diagnostic characters >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Scali & Mazzini. 1987[1986]. In Mazzini & Scali [Ed.]. Stick Insects: Phylogeny and reproduction. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Stick Insects, Siena 160 >> Note: Ootaxonomy >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Mantovani, B. & Scali. 1987[1986]. In Mazzini & Scali [Ed.]. Stick Insects: Phylogeny and reproduction. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Stick Insects, Siena 141, figs >> Note: Egg SEM >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Bragg. 1988. PSG Newsletter 36:11 >> Note: rearing >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Sellick. 1988. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 93:280   >> Note: In checklist of eggs studied by SEM >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Preston-Mafham, K. 1990. Grasshoppers and mantids of the world 32 >> Note: sketch showing structure of a phasmid >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Salmon. 1991. The stick insects of New Zealand 58, figs >> Note: Key to subspecies; egg >> Acanthoxyla prasina prasina
  • Haes. 1991. Orthoptera Recording Scheme Newsletter(18):7 >> Note: in UK >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Haes. 1992. British Wildlife 3(6):371 >> Note: in UK >> Acanthoxyla prasina prasina
  • Brock. 1992. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22 13, 59   >> Note: Rearing >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Buckley. 1995. An allozyme study of stick insects (Insecta: Phasmida) from the Wellington area 12   >> Note: [unpublished thesis] >> Acanthoxyla prasina prasina
  • Crosby-Clark. 1995. Phasmid Studies 4(1):6   >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Jewell & Brock. 2003[2002]. Jour. of Orthoptera Res. 11(2):193   >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Brock. 2003. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22 61   >> Note: rearing >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 39   >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Trewick, Goldberg & Morgan-Richards. 2005. Zoologica Scripta 34(5):486   >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Morgan-Richards & Trewick. 2005. Molecular Ecology 14:2135   >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Lee, M. 2006. PSG Newsletter 107:22 >> Note: in Britain >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Trewick, Morgan-Richards & L.J. Collins. 2008. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48(3):801   >> Note: Phylogenetic analysis >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Harman. 2011. PSG Newsletter 125:7   >> Note: PSG culture stock origin >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Lee, M. 2012. PSG Newsletter 129:27 >> Note: UK distribution >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Brock. 2014. A comprehensive guide to insects of Britain & Ireland 34, figs   >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Brock. 2014. PSG Newsletter 133:17, figs >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Buckley, Hitchmough, Rolfe & Stringer. 2014. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 15 3   >> Note: Not Threatened >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Brock. 2015. PSG Newsletter 134:10, figs   >> Note: in Wellington area >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Brock & Jewell. 2015. PSG Newsletter 134:13   >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Lee, M. 2015. PSG Newsletter 135:23 >> Note: UK distribution update >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Brock. 2016. PSG Newsletter 136:19 >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Brock, J.A. Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman. 2016. Zootaxa 4179(2):190   >> Note: type data >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Brock, M. Lee, Morgan-Richards & Trewick. 2018[2017]. Atropos 60:17   >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Lee, M. 2018. PSG Newsletter 140:24 >> Note: in Britain >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Lee, M. 2018. PSG Newsletter 140:31 >> Note: Colour forms >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Brock. 2021. Britain's Insects: A Field Guide to the Insects of Great Britain and Ireland 121, figs   >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Lee, M. 2021. PSG Newsletter 146:30 >> Acanthoxyla prasina
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids pl. 16.3, 449, 557, fig   >> Note: Species account; checklist of world species >> Acanthoxyla prasina
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Australasia, New Zealand
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Female
  • Location of type:  NHMUK London NH Mus.

• synonym atroarticulus (Colenso, 1885)
• synonym filiformis (Colenso, 1885)
• synonym intermedia Salmon, 1955
• synonym speciosa Salmon, 1955

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