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synonym Phasma (Acanthoderus) spiniger White, 1846

• Nomenclatural details:   Junior synonym
• Common name(s):  The Large Spiny Stick Insect
• Images: One or more images of a type are included with the valid name.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (19):
  • White, A. 1846. In Richardson & J.E. Gray. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror, 2. Insects of New Zealand 24   >> Phasma (Acanthoderus) spiniger    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:514338
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 48   >> Acanthoderus spiniger    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5393
  • Hutton, F.W. 1881. Catalogues of the New Zealand Diptera, Orthoptera, Hymenoptera; with Descriptions of the Species 76   >> Acanthoderus spiniger
  • Hutton, F.W. 1898. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Wellington 30:164   >> Clitarchus spiniger    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5394
  • Hutton, F.W. 1899. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Wellington 31:59   >> Argosarchus horridus
  • Alfken. 1901. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins Bremen 143 >> Argosarchus spiniger    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5396
  • Tepper. 1903. Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia 26:285   >> Acanthoderus spiniger
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:340   >> Note: syn with horridus >> Argosarchus spiniger
  • Lysaght. 1925. Rec. Cant. Mus. 2(5):308 >> Note: Not found again this expedition >> Argosarchus spiniger
  • Wise. 1977. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 11:50   >> Argosarchus horridus
  • Salmon. 1991. The stick insects of New Zealand 53, figs >> Note: egg, female >> Argosarchus spiniger
  • Buckley. 1995. An allozyme study of stick insects (Insecta: Phasmida) from the Wellington area 12   >> Note: [unpublished thesis] >> Argosarchus spiniger
  • Sellick. 1998. Systematic Entomology 23:235   >> Note: Micropylar plate >> Argosarchus spiniger
  • Jewell & Brock. 2003[2002]. Jour. of Orthoptera Res. 11(2):194   >> Note: doubtful if a valid species >> Argosarchus spiniger
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 51   >> Argosarchus spiniger
  • Morgan-Richards & Trewick. 2005. Molecular Ecology 14:2136   >> Argosarchus spiniger
  • Trewick, Goldberg & Morgan-Richards. 2005. Zoologica Scripta 34(5):483   >> Note: following DNA analysis >> Argosarchus horridus
  • Brock & Jewell. 2015. PSG Newsletter 134:13   >> Argosarchus horridus
  • Brock, J.A. Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman. 2016. Zootaxa 4179(2):196   >> Note: type data >> Argosarchus horridus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Australasia, New Zealand
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  NHMUK London NH Mus.

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