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species Carausius scotti Ferrière, 1912

• Common name(s):  Scott's Spiny Stick Insect
• Images:

  specimen

• Distribution:
  •  Seychelles CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (13):
  • Ferrière. 1912. In Bolívar [Y Urrutia] & Ferrière. Orthoptera, Phasmidae of the Seychelles. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 15(2):297   >> Carausius scotti    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6873
  • Matyot. 1989. PSG Newsletter 41:6 >> Carausius scotti
  • Matyot. 1990. PSG Newsletter 45:7 >> Note: observations; female >> Carausius scotti
  • Gerlach & et al. 1990. Oxford University Silhouette Expedition 1990. Unpublished report. 3, fig >> Note: Rediscovered in 1990 >> Carausius scotti
  • Matyot. 1992. Phasmid Studies 1(1):19   >> Carausius scotti
  • Brock. 1993. Phasmid Studies 2(1):20   >> Note: Type data >> Carausius scotti
  • Brock. 2003. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22 49   >> Note: rearing >> Carausius scotti
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 87   >> Carausius scotti
  • Gerlach & Haas. 2008. Orthopteroidea of the Seychelles islands 67   >> Carausius scotti
  • Gerlach. 2012. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012 1   >> Note: Red List - Critically Endangered >> Carausius scotti
  • Brock, J.A. Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman. 2016. Zootaxa 4179(2):193   >> Note: type data >> Carausius scotti
  • Gerlach. 2018. Seychelles Wildlife News 30:cover >> Note: cover illustration of species >> Carausius scotti
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 525   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Carausius scotti
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, Western Indian Ocean, Seychelles, Silhouette [in desc. near Mont Pot-a-eau]
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  NHMUK London NH Mus.

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