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synonym Metriotes Westwood, 1859

• Nomenclatural details:   Preoccupied (Nomen novum is Metriophasma), Not Metriotes of Herrich-Schaffer 1853 (Coleophoridae)
• Citations (15):
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 158   >> Metriotes    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:8250
  • Stål. 1875. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 2(17):16   >> Metriotes
  • Stål. 1875. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 32:60, 100   >> Metriotes
  • Stål. 1875. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 3(14):20   >> Note: of westwood >> Xerosoma
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1904. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 56:105   >> Note: type species designation >> Metriotes
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:415   >> Note: Pseudophasminae >> Metriotes
  • Redtenbacher. 1906. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden 1:138   >> Metriotes
  • Shelford. 1909. Biologia Centrali-Americana Insecta Orthoptera 2:374   >> Metriotes
  • Uvarov. 1940. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(6):112   >> Note: preoccupied, renamed >> Metriophasma
  • Ragge. 1955. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society, London 106(9):377   >> Note: Wing-venation >> Metriotes
  • Bradley, J.C. & Galil. 1977. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 79(2):202   >> Note: Pseudophasmatinae: Xerosomatini >> Metriophasma
  • Bragg. 2001. Phasmids of Borneo 625   >> Note: type species data >> Metriophasma
  • Zompro. 2004. Revision of the genera of the Areolatae, including the status of Timema and Agathemera (Insecta, Phasmatodea) 102, 314   >> Note: type species data >> Metriophasma
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 201   >> Metriophasma (Metriophasma)
  • Conle, Hennemann & Gutiérrez. 2011. The Stick Insects of Colombia 42   >> Note: Synonymy confirmed >> Metriophasma (Metriophasma)
• Type species:  Metriotes diocles Westwood, by subsequent designation; authority:  Rehn, J.A.G. 1904. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 56:38-107
• No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.

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