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species Planispectrum bengalense (Redtenbacher, 1906)

• Common name(s):  Pygmy Stick
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• Distribution:
  •  Indonesia, Java, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo [but doubtful]
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (23):
  • Redtenbacher. 1906. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden 1:47   >> Platymorpha bengalensis    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7257
  • Bragg. 1993. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 41(1):44   >> Note: lectotype design. >> Planispectrum bengalensis    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7256
  • Seow-Choen, Brock & Seow-En. 1994. Malaysian Naturalist 48(1):8   >> Note: in Singapore >> Planispectrum bengalensis
  • Brock. 1995. Malayan Nat. Jour. 49(2):96   >> Note: type data >> Planispectrum bengalensis
  • Tay & Seow-Choen. 1996. In Turner, I.M., Diong, S.S.L. Lim & P.K.L. Ng [Ed.]. Biodiversity and the Dynamics of Ecosystems 1:183   >> Note: foodplants in Malaysia and Singapore >> Planispectrum bengalensis
  • Seow-Choen. 1997. A guide to the stick and leaf insects of Singapore 131, fig. 112   >> Planispectrum bengalensis
  • Bragg. 1998. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 316:83   >> Planispectrum bengalensis
  • Brock. 1998. Catalogue of type-specimens of Stick- and Leaf-Insects in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Insecta: Phasmida). Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 13(5):17   >> Note: lectotype female, Sumatra: Bengkalis [not “Bengalen”], 1885, leg. Maindron, “Mus. Paris”. Also in Paris, paralectotype series: 2 females, Sumatra: Bengkalis, 1885, leg. Maindron; female, Java >> Planispectrum bengalensis
  • Brock. 1999. Stick and Leaf Insects of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore 141, 184, pl. 31   >> Note: also p. 176 (postscript) Sarawak and Sabah records relate to P. bakiensis >> Planispectrum bengalensis
  • Seow-Choen. 1999. In Briffett & Chew [Ed.]. State of the natural environment in Singapore 74   >> Note: in checklist of phasmids from Singapore >> Planispectrum bengalensis
  • Seow-Choen. 1999[1997]. Gardens´ Bulletin, Singapore 49(2):299   >> Note: in Singapore, status rare >> Planispectrum bengalensis
  • Bragg. 2001. Phasmids of Borneo 180, 183   >> Note: notes; not in Borneo >> Planispectrum bengalensis
  • Zompro. 2004. Revision of the genera of the Areolatae, including the status of Timema and Agathemera (Insecta, Phasmatodea) 232, figs.   >> Note: distribution now including Borneo >> Planispectrum bengalensis
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 277   >> Planispectrum bengalensis
  • Seow-Choen. 2005. Phasmids of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore 105   >> Planispectrum bengalensis
  • Seow-Choen. 2016. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo 390, figs   >> Note: egg; doubtfully from Borneo >> Planispectrum bengalensis
  • Seow-Choen. 2017. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Singapore 133, figs   >> Planispectrum bengalensis
  • Seow-Choen. 2018. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Sumatra. Volume 1 591, figs   >> Planispectrum bengalensis
  • Delfosse, Cliquennois, Depraetere & Robillard. 2019. Zoosystema 41(11):191   >> Note: Type data, MNHN, Paris; ending of name should be -se, not -sis >> Planispectrum bengalense
  • Seow-Choen. 2019. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo Vol. 3   >> Note: in Borneo >> Planispectrum bengalense
  • Seow-Choen. 2020. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Sumatra. Volume 2 397   >> Note: in checklist of Sumatran species >> Planispectrum bengalense
  • Seow-Choen. 2021. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Peninsular Malaysia Volume 1 841, figs   >> Note: Egg fig. >> Planispectrum bengalense
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 519   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Planispectrum bengalense
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Asia-Tropical, Malesia, Indonesia, Bengkalis [not 'Bengalen']
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  Female
  • Location of type:  NMW Vienna Museum

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