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species Paraprisomera taprobanae (Westwood, 1859)

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  specimen

• Distribution:
  •  Sri Lanka
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (11):
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 41, pls. 6:6; 24:12   >> Lonchodes taprobanae    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6200
  • Saussure. 1868. Revue et Magazine de Zoologie (2)20:66   >> Note: [= auscultator, according to Brunner 1907:248 (not taprobanae of Westwood)] >> Lonchodes taprobanae
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:323   >> Sthenoboea taprobanae    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6201
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1907. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. II. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). Phasmiden:290   >> Prisomera taprobanae    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6202
  • Günther. 1932. Eos 8:386   >> Lonchodes taprobanae
  • Hausleithner. 1989. Entomol. Z. 99(8):107, fig. >> Note: egg >> Lonchodes taprobanae
  • Hennemann. 2002. Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 92:50, fig. 28   >> Note: lectotype designation >> Paraprisomera taprobanae    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6199
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 252   >> Paraprisomera tabrobanae subsequent misspelling    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6203
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 252   >> Paraprisomera taprobanae
  • Brock, J.A. Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman. 2016. Zootaxa 4179(2):198   >> Note: type data >> Paraprisomera taprobanae
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 528   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Paraprisomera taprobanae
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, Sri Lanka, Lemphard
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  Female
  • Location of type:  OUMNH Oxford

• synonym tabrobanae Otte & Brock, 2005

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