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species Mnesilochus imitator (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)

• Common name(s):  Z-Bends Stick Insect
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• Distribution:
  •  Sabah, Sarawak
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (22):
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1907. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. II. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). Phasmiden:279, pl. 12:7a-b   >> Dixippus imitator    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6275
  • Giglio-Tos. 1910. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino 25(625):24   >> Note: note on specimen in Torino collection >> Dixippus imitator
  • Passerin d´Entreves. 1981. Cataloghi. IV - Collezione Ortotterologiche del Museo di Zoologia de´ll Università di Torino 56   >> Dixippus imitator
  • Vanschuytbroeck & Cools. 1981. Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg. 53(23):3   >> Note: in ISNB coll. from Java >> Dixippus imitator
  • Singy. 1988. PSG Newsletter 35:13 >> Note: Rearing, egg [as Lonchodes hosei - in error] >> Lonchodes hosei
  • 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):33   >> Note: lectotype male, Sabah: Kina-Balu, leg. Staudinger [designated by Bragg, in press]. Paralectotype series: 2 males, 2 females, Sabah: Kina-Balu, leg. Staudinger; male, Borneo, leg. Bouca >> Lonchodes imitator    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6277
  • Bragg. 2001. Phasmids of Borneo 470, figs.   >> Note: female only is syn. of Carausius chani; lectotype designation >> Lonchodes imitator
  • Baxter. 2002. Rearing Stick and Leaf Insects 67, figs   >> Note: rearing >> Lonchodes imitator
  • Bragg & M.L.T. Bushell. 2002. Phasmid Studies 11(1):3   >> Lonchodes imitator
  • Brock. 2003. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22 49   >> Note: rearing >> Lonchodes imitator
  • Seow-Choen, Grinang & Naming. 2004. In Yong, H.S., F.S.P. Ng & E.E.L. Yen [Ed.]. Sarawak Bau Limestone Biodiversity 397   >> Note: records, Bau Limestone area >> Lonchodes imitator
  • Bragg. 2005. Phasmid Studies 13(1-2):24   >> Note: identity of paralectotypes (male plt’s belong to Lonchodes jejunus) >> Lonchodes imitator
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 182   >> Lonchodes imitator
  • Zompro. 2005. D. ent. Zs 52(2):267   >> Note: type data >> Carausius imitator    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6278
  • Blüthgen, Metzner & Ruf. 2006. Journal of Tropical Ecology 22:35-40   >> Note: Foodplants >> Lonchodes imitator
  • Hennemann & Conle. 2007. Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 97 Suppl.:70   >> Note: figs. of eggs (p. 76) >> Mnesilochus imitator    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6274
  • Harman. 2011. PSG Newsletter 125:10   >> Note: PSG culture stock origin >> Mnesilochus imitator
  • Seow-Choen. 2016. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo 283, 287, figs   >> Hermagoras imitator    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:490732
  • Seow-Choen. 2017. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo Volume II 138, figs   >> Hermagoras imitator
  • Seow-Choen. 2019. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo Vol. 3   >> Note: in Borneo >> Hermagoras imitator
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 525   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Hermagoras imitator
  • Hennemann, Conle & Brock. 2023. Zootaxa 5278(1):180   >> Note: Type data; rev. comb., transferred back from Hermagoras to Mnesilochus >> Mnesilochus imitator
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Asia-Tropical, Malesia, Borneo, Sabah, Kina-Balu
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  NMW Vienna Museum

• synonym morbosum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)

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