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genus Heteropteryx Gray, 1835

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• Distribution:
  •  Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Sarawak, Thailand; also reported from Madagascar
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (26):
  • Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae 13, 32   >> Heteropteryx    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7482
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 81   >> Heteropteryx
  • Stål. 1875. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 2(17):15   >> Heteropteryx
  • Stål. 1875. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 32:48   >> Heteropteryx
  • Stål. 1875. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 3(14):18   >> Heteropteryx
  • Kirby, W.F. 1890. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society 6:571   >> Note: References pre-1840 >> Heteropteryx
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1904. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 56:89   >> Heteropteryx
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:396   >> Note: Heteropteryginae >> Heteropteryx
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7)13:443   >> Heteropteryx
  • Redtenbacher. 1906. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden 1:168   >> Note: [synonym, see entry for Heteropteryx Redtenbacher 1906] >> Heteropteryx
  • Karny. 1923. Treubia 3(2):234   >> Heteropteryx
  • Uvarov. 1940. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (11)5:176 >> Heteropteryx
  • Ragge. 1955. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society, London 106(9):377   >> Note: Wing-venation >> Heteropteryx
  • Bradley, J.C. & Galil. 1977. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 79(2):199   >> Note: Heteropteryginae: Heteropterygini >> Heteropteryx
  • Sellick. 1979. Systematic Entomology 4:327   >> Note: Key to eggs of genera [figs without reference to species] >> Heteropteryx
  • Sellick. 1987[1986]. In Mazzini & Scali [Ed.]. Stick Insects: Phylogeny and reproduction. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Stick Insects, Siena 137, fig >> Note: Micropylar plate >> Heteropteryx
  • Brock. 1999. Stick and Leaf Insects of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore 183   >> Heteropteryx
  • Bragg. 2001. Phasmids of Borneo 634   >> Note: type species data >> Heteropteryx
  • Zompro. 2004. Revision of the genera of the Areolatae, including the status of Timema and Agathemera (Insecta, Phasmatodea) 19, 312   >> Heteropteryx
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 160   >> Heteropteryx
  • Seow-Choen. 2016. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo 411, fig   >> Heteropteryx
  • Hennemann, Conle, Brock & Seow-Choen. 2016. Zootaxa 4159(1):27, 111   >> Heteropteryx
  • Seow-Choen. 2017. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Singapore 140   >> Heteropteryx
  • Seow-Choen. 2020. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Sumatra. Volume 2 383   >> Heteropteryx
  • Seow-Choen. 2021. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Peninsular Malaysia Volume 1 865   >> Heteropteryx
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 520   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Heteropteryx
• Type species:  Phasma dilatatum Parkinson (= Heteropteryx dilatata), by original monotypy
• The first family-group name based on this genus is Heteropteryginae Kirby, W.F., 1896.

• synonym Leocrates Stål, 1875
• species dilatata (Parkinson, 1798)
• synonym castelnaudi Westwood, 1874
• synonym graciosa (Westwood, 1848)
• synonym hopei Westwood, 1864
• synonym rollandi Lucas, 1882

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