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species Anisomorpha paromalus Westwood, 1859

• Common name(s):  Red-striped Stick Insect
• Images: (16) See all images

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• Distribution:
  •  Belize, Mexico
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (25):
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 17, pl. 3:5; 4:1   >> Anisomorpha paromalus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:9065
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:401   >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Redtenbacher. 1906. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden 1:92   >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Hebard. 1919. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 45:145   >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Vanschuytbroeck & Cools. 1981. Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg. 53(23):25   >> Note: in RBINS coll >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Crosby-Clark. 1995. Phasmid Studies 4(1):7   >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Schulten. 1995. DATZ 10/95:645, fig. 9 >> Note: [misidentified = paromalus] >> Anisomorpha buprestoides
  • Conle & Hennemann. 2002. Spixiana Suppl. 28:28   >> Note: lectotype designation >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Brock. 2003. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22 75   >> Note: rearing >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Conle & Hennemann. 2003. Phasmid Studies 11(2):48   >> Note: Rearing >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Zompro. 2004. Revision of the genera of the Areolatae, including the status of Timema and Agathemera (Insecta, Phasmatodea) 151   >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 47   >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Delfosse. 2006. Le Bulletin d'Arthropoda 2 28:12 >> Note: taxonomy, biology >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Delfosse. 2007. Bull. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 35(1):95, fig. >> Note: behaviour >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Baker, E. W. 2010. Practical Reptile Keeping 2010:26   >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Delfosse & Vol. 2011. Bull. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 146(39):69, figs; >> Note: Distribution; biotype >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Fritzsche. 2011. Phasma 21(83):20, fig. >> Note: Notes; mis-spelling of species name in title only, not in article >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Harman. 2012. PSG Newsletter 128:14 >> Note: Species culture origin >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Bradler. 2015. Entomologie heute 27:8, fig   >> Note: egg >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Brock, J.A. Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman. 2016. Zootaxa 4179(2):187   >> Note: type data >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Strauss, C-R. von Bredow, Y.M. von Bredow, Stolz, Trenczek & Lakes-Harlan. 2017. Front. Ecol. Evol. 5(151):1, figs   >> Note: Anatomy and neuronal innervation defense glands >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • López-Mora & Llorente-Bousquets. 2018. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 89:49   >> Note: in checklist of species from Mexico >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Bradler & Buckley. 2018. In Foottit & Adler [Ed.]. Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. Volume 2 284, fig   >> Note: Egg >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 564   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Anisomorpha paromalus
  • Luna. 2022. Phasmid Studies 21:94   >> Note: Checklist of North American phasmids >> Anisomorpha paromalus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Southern America, Northern South America, Venezuela, [believed to be in error]
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  NHMUK London NH Mus.

• synonym monstrosa Hebard, 1932

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