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species Metriophasma (Acanthometriotes) crassus (Hebard, 1924)

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• Distribution:
  •  Colombia, Ecuador
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (8):
  • Hebard. 1924. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 76:139, pl. 5:17   >> Acanthometriotes crassus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:8267
  • Robinson, M.H. 1969. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society, London 121(7):286 >> Note: defensive behavior >> Acanthometriotes crassus
  • Otte. 1978. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 130:77   >> Note: type data >> Acanthometriotes crassus
  • Bedford. 1978. Annual Review of Entomology 23:137   >> Note: Summary of publications >> Acanthometriotes crassus
  • Zompro. 2004. Revision of the genera of the Areolatae, including the status of Timema and Agathemera (Insecta, Phasmatodea) 105, fig.   >> Metriophasma (Acanthometriotes) crassum    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:8268
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 201   >> Metriophasma (Acanthometriotes) crassum
  • Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez. 2011. The Stick Insects of Colombia 43   >> Note: Catalogued, Colombia >> Metriophasma (Acanthometriotes) crassus
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 569   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Metriophasma (Acanthometriotes) crassus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Southern America, Western South America, Ecuador, NW: San Xavier
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Female
  • Location of type:  ANSP Philadelphia

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