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species Heteropteryx dilatata (Parkinson, 1798)

• Common name(s):  Jungle Nymph; Malayan Jungle Nymph
• Images: (13) See all images

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• Sound recordings:
  • Female defensive sound.
• Distribution:
  •  Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Sarawak, Thailand; also reported from Madagascar
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (109):
  • Parkinson. 1798. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 4(1):190   >> Note: egg >> Phasma dilatatum    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7484
  • Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae 32   >> Heteropteryx dilatata    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7483
  • Burmeister. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie 2:574   >> Diapherodes dilatata    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7485
  • Audinet-Serville. 1838[1839]. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Orthoptères 281   >> Phasma dilatatum
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 82, 181   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Westwood. 1874. Thesaurus Entomologicus Oxoniensis: or Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting Insects, for the most part coloured, in the collections presented to the University of Oxford by the Rev. F.W. Hope. 173, pl. 32:1   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Annandale. 1900. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900:845   >> Note: Beliefs of natives >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1904. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 56:89   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:397   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Redtenbacher. 1906. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden 1:166   >> Note: male >> Leocrates dilatatus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7486
  • Günther. 1935. Natuurhistorisch Maandblad, Maastricht 24:124 >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Miller. 1939. Proc. R. Ent. Soc. Lond. (A)14:48 >> Heteropteryx dilatatus
  • Nadchatram. 1964. Malayan Nat. Jour. 18:74 >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Chalmers-Hunt. 1976. Natural history auctions 1700-1972. A register of sales in the British Isles 5 >> Note: Lot 89 Leverian Museum sale 'This specimen is presumed unique'. Purchased by Macleay £11.10s >> Phasma dilatatum
  • Bedford. 1978. Annual Review of Entomology 23:126   >> Note: Oviposition >> Heteropteryx dilatatus
  • Sellick. 1980. University of London, Unpublished thesis 178, fig. 109   >> Note: Egg [unpublished thesis] >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Löser & Schulten. 1981. Zeit Des Kolner Zoo 24(1):23 >> Note: rearing, behaviour >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Löser. 1981. Mitt. dtsch, Ges. allgw. Ent. 3:281 >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Sakaguti. 1981. Insects of the world 2:225, pl. 56:2 >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Brock. 1984. Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 43:140   >> Note: Behaviour >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Brock. 1985. PSG Newsletter 25:2 >> Note: Weight >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Brock. 1985. The Phasmid Rearer’s Handbook (Stick Insects and Leaf Insects) 32, figs >> Note: Rearing >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Herbert. 1986. PSG Newsletter 28:5, figs >> Note: rearing >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Viscuso & Longo. 1987[1986]. In Mazzini & Scali [Ed.]. Stick Insects: Phylogeny and reproduction. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Stick Insects, Siena 170 >> Note: Micropylar plate >> Heteropteryx dilatatus
  • Sellick. 1988. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 93:280   >> Note: In checklist of eggs studied by SEM >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Saure. 1988. Stuttgarter Beiträge Naturkunde Serie A [Biologie] A 413:19   >> Note: Musculature of abdominal segments IV and V >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Brock. 1989. Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 48:207   >> Note: gynandromorph >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Brock. 1989. PSG Newsletter 39:6 >> Note: gynandromorphs >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Carlberg. 1989. Zool. Jb. Anat. 118:9 >> Note: Ovary anatomy >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Carlberg. 1989. Zool. Anz. 223(3/4):165 >> Note: Defensive stridulation >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Flückiger & Peltier. 1989. Gespenstschrecken figs >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Unno. 1989. The Orchid Mantis & Insects of Malaysia 62-64, figs >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Kevan. 1990. Lyman Ent. and Research Lab. 16:23 >> Note: in list of adventive and captive alien orthopteroid insects in Canada >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Nentwig. 1990. Oecologica 82:446   >> Note: As prey of spiders >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Stone. 1992. 159-160 >> Note: Rearing >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Brock. 1992. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22 11, 13, 39, figs   >> Note: Rearing >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Alderton. 1992. A Step-by-Step book about Stick Insects 57, figs >> Note: Rearing >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Unno. 1993. Camouflage and Mimicry of Insects 46-47, fig >> Note: Camouflage and Mimicry >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Chan & S.W. Lee. 1994. Malaysian Naturalist 48(1):5, fig >> Note: Also on front cover >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Seow-Choen. 1994. Nature Malaysiana(March 1994):4   >> Note: photo of nymph >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Seow-Choen, Brock & Seow-En. 1994. Malaysian Naturalist 48(1):7, fig.   >> Note: in Singapore >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Brock. 1994. Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 53:33, figs   >> Note: Halved gynandromorph >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Brock. 1995. Malayan Nat. Jour. 49(2):96   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Schulten. 1995. DATZ 10/95:643, fig. 2 >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Schulten. 1995. Wandelnde Blätter, Stab- und Gespenstschrecken 3:100, figs.   >> Note: rearing >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Brock. 1995. Insect World International 1(1):26 >> Note: Gynandromorph image >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Carwardine. 1995. The Guinness Book of Animal Records 222 >> Note: Largest insect egg >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Leclercq. 1995. Le Monde des Phasmes 31(September):18   >> Note: Rearing >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Seow-Choen. 1996. Insect & Invertebrate World International 1(6):25, fig. >> Note: reproductive behaviour >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Tay & Seow-Choen. 1996. In Turner, I.M., Diong, S.S.L. Lim & P.K.L. Ng [Ed.]. Biodiversity and the Dynamics of Ecosystems 1:182   >> Note: foodplants in Malaysia and Singapore >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Chan. 1996. Borneo Magazine 2(1):37 >> Note: Medicinal value >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Brock. 1997. Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 56(412):109   >> Note: general biology and natural history, fig. >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Seow-Choen. 1997. A guide to the stick and leaf insects of Singapore 127, figs.   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Sellick. 1997. Systematic Entomology 22:105   >> Note: Remarks on eggs >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Alderton. 1997. Your first stick insect 11 >> Note: Rearing, figs >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Bragg. 1998. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 316:28   >> Note: notes >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Seow-Choen. 1998. Serangga 3(1):89   >> Note: in UKM coll. >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Sellick. 1998. Systematic Entomology 23:208   >> Note: Micropylar plate of eggs >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Brock. 1999. Stick and Leaf Insects of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore 143, figs, 183   >> Note: notes, egg, gynandromorph >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Brock. 1999. Amateur Entomologist 26:23, pl. 10b-c   >> Note: heaviest phasmid record >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Lipinski, Greven, Schulten & Löser. 1999. Die Struktur der Eihüllen von 48 Phasmatodea-Arten aus der Sammlung des Löbbecke Museum und Aquazoo Düsseldorf 98, figs.   >> Note: egg structure >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Seow-Choen. 1999. In Briffett & Chew [Ed.]. State of the natural environment in Singapore 74   >> Note: in checklist of phasmids from Singapore >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Seow-Choen. 1999[1997]. Gardens´ Bulletin, Singapore 49(2):299   >> Note: in Singapore, status extinct >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Seiler, C. & et al. 2000. Phasmiden Pflege und Zucht von Gespenstschrecken, Stabschrecken und Wandelnden Blattern im Terrarium 83, figs. >> Note: rearing >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Seow-Choen. 2000. Illustrated Guide Stick and Leaf Insects Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore 1, 40, pl. 105, 106   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Zompro. 2000[1999]. TenDenZen Supplement 1999:62   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Brock. 2000. PSG Newsletter 83:9 >> Note: On postcards >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Bragg. 2001. Phasmids of Borneo 98, fig. 24   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Baxter. 2002. Rearing Stick and Leaf Insects 10, 59, figs   >> Note: rearing >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Bragg & M.L.T. Bushell. 2002. Phasmid Studies 11(1):2   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Anonymous. 2002. Stick Insects L227 10 >> Note: Rearing >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Alderton. 2002. How to Care for your Stick Insect 11, figs >> Note: Rearing >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Brock. 2003. In Gale Research Staff. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Insects 226, figs. 2-3, 228   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Brock. 2003. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22 38, fig. 23   >> Note: rearing >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Whiting, M.F., Bradler & Maxwell. 2003. Nature 421(6920):265   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Zompro. 2004. Revision of the genera of the Areolatae, including the status of Timema and Agathemera (Insecta, Phasmatodea) 196, figs.   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 160   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Seow-Choen. 2005. Phasmids of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore 101   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Romeu. 2006. Reptilia 44:43 >> Note: rearing >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Sorpongpaisal & Thanasinchayakul. 2006. Kamphaengsean Acad. J. 4(3):22 >> Note: in northern Thailand >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Cliquennois. 2007. Le Bulletin d'Arthropoda 32:14   >> Note: naturalised alien species in Madascar >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Van Aken. 2007. Aquariumwereld 60(11):274 >> Note: rearing >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Zompro. 2008. Arthropoda 16(3):31, fig.   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Zompro. 2009. Arthropoda 17(1):8 >> Note: fig. from Parkinson >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Lind. 2009. Antenna 33(1):14, figs. >> Note: egg image >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Buckley, Attanayake & Bradler. 2009[2008]. Proc. R. Soc. B. 276:1058   >> Note: In Phylogenetic tree >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Bradler. 2009. Die Phylogenie der Stab- und Gespentschrecken (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Vol 2.1 Species, Phylogeny and Evolution 2.1:3   >> Note: Miscellaneous, in German >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Abercrombie. 2010. Phasma 20(77):7 >> Note: in Kubah NP >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Beccaloni. 2010. Big Bugs Life-size 44-45, figs. >> Note: world's heaviest stick insect >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Narita, Pereira, Kjellberg & Kageyama. 2010. Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 3:74   >> Note: Gynandromorphs and intersexes >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Harman. 2011. PSG Newsletter 125:8   >> Note: PSG culture stock origin >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Kômoto, Yukuhiro, Ueda & Tomita. 2011. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58(1):45, fig   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Hutacharern. 2011. Checklist of Insects in Thailand Book 2 631   >> Note: Checklist of Insects in Thailand >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Mitchell. 2012. PSG Newsletter 105:26 >> Note: rearing >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Cliquennois. 2012. Cahiers scientifiques de l’océan Indien occidental 3:8, fig.   >> Note: in Madagascar >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Smith, M. 2014. PSG Newsletter 133:18, figs >> Note: rearing >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Seow-Choen. 2017. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Singapore 140, figs   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Büscher, Buckley, Grohmann, Gorb & Bradler. 2018. Front. Ecol. Evol. 6:1-11, figs   >> Note: Phylogeny and tarsal morphology >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Mitchell. 2019. PSG Newsletter 143:18, figs >> Note: Rearing; article Repeated from 2012 >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Seow-Choen. 2019. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo Vol. 3   >> Note: in Borneo >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Simon, Letsch, Bank, Buckley, Donath, S. Liu, Machida, Meusemann, Misof, Podsiadlowski, X. Zhou, Wipfler & Bradler. 2019. Front. Ecol. Evol. 7(345):3, fig 1F   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Smith, M. 2020. PSG Newsletter 144:6 >> Note: Culture notes >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Zeng, Y., O'Malley, Singhal, Rahim, S. Park, Z. Chen & Dudley. 2020. Front. Ecol. Evol. 8(121):7, fig   >> Note: Flight morphology >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Song, N., Xinghao Li & Na. 2020. PLoS ONE 15(10 e0240186):8   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Seow-Choen. 2020. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Sumatra. Volume 2 383, figs   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Seow-Choen. 2021. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Peninsular Malaysia Volume 1 865, figs   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids pl. 15.1 & 26., 26, 320, 520, figs, pl. 15.1, 26.1   >> Note: Species account; checklist of world species >> Heteropteryx dilatata
  • Cliquennois & Bradler. 2022. In Goodman & et al. [Ed.]. The New Natural History of Madagascar 1193 >> Note: in checklist of Madagascan species as introduced species [genus misspelled as Heteropterix]
  • McGavin & Davranoglou. 2023[2022]. Essential Entomology. Second Edition 116   >> Heteropteryx dilatata
• Scrutiny:
  • Brock, 2017, There are early plates of this species - certainly in Buffon as Ph. dilatatum (Pl. 46) and in other natural history books, Shaw etc. Some without species name look to have been published before Parkinson's description.
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Asia-Tropical, Malesia, [Probably Malaysia]
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Female
  • Location of type:  MAMU Sydney, Macleay

• synonym castelnaudi Westwood, 1874
• synonym graciosa (Westwood, 1848)
• synonym hopei Westwood, 1864
• synonym rollandi Lucas, 1882

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