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species Prexaspes ambiguus (Houttuyn, 1813)

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• Distribution:
  •  French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (17):
  • Houttuyn. 1813. In Stoll. Natuurlyke en naar 't leeven naauwkeurig gekleurde afbeeldingen en beschryvingen der spooken, wandelende, bladen, zabelspringhaanen, krekels, treksprinkhaanen en kakkerlakken [Représentation exactement colorée d'après nature des spectres, des mantes, des sauterelles, des grillons, des criquets et des blattes] 1787-1813:74, pl. 25:98 >> Phasma ambiguum    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:8170
  • Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae 26   >> Phasma ambiguum
  • Audinet-Serville. 1838[1839]. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Orthoptères 269   >> Phasma ambiguum
  • de Haan. 1842. In Temminck [Ed.]. Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen 3:123   >> Phasma ambiguum
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 123, pl. 13:3   >> Phasma ambiguum
  • Stål. 1875. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 32:98   >> Prexaspes ambiguus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:8171
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:414   >> Prexaspes ambiguus
  • Redtenbacher. 1906. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden 1:128   >> Note: female >> Prexaspes ambiguus
  • Chopard. 1911. Ann. Soc. entomol. Fr. 80:339   >> Prexaspes ambiguus
  • Lelong. 1993. Le Monde des Phasmes(Special Guyane):14   >> Prexaspes ambiguus
  • Bragg. 1996. Zool. Med. Leiden. 70(6):109   >> Note: Type data
  • Zompro. 2002. Arthropoda 10(2):5   >> Prexaspes (Elasia) ambiguus
  • Zompro. 2004. Revision of the genera of the Areolatae, including the status of Timema and Agathemera (Insecta, Phasmatodea) 101, fig   >> Prexaspes (Elasia) ambiguus
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 281   >> Prexaspes (Elasia) ambiguus
  • Jourdan, Lelong & Bellanger. 2014. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr. 119(4):496   >> Note: in Saül, French Guiana >> Prexaspes ambiguus
  • Conle, Hennemann, Bellanger, Lelong, Jourdan & Valero. 2020. Zootaxa 4814(1):68, 70, 127   >> Note: French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil: Amazonas; Neotype designation >> Prexaspes ambiguus
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 570   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Prexaspes ambiguus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Southern America, Northern South America, French Guiana, Montagne de Kaw
  • Kind of type:  neotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  MNHN Paris

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