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synonym Mantis gigas Drury, 1773

• Nomenclatural details:   Primary homonym
• Images: One or more images of a type are included with the valid name.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (15):
  • Drury. 1773. London 2:89, pl. 50   >> Mantis gigas    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5853
  • Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae 33   >> Diapherodes gigas    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5854
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 84   >> Diapherodes gigas
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl & Redtenbacher. 1892. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 208 >> Note: in St Vincent >> Diapherodes gigas
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1893. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 41:606 >> Note: in Grenada >> Diapherodes gigas
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:362   >> Note: As homonym >> Diapherodes gigantea
  • Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:434, pl. 20:1   >> Diapherodes gigas
  • Moxey. 1972. Harvard University [unpublished thesis] 98 >> Diapherodes gigas
  • Bradley, J.C. & Galil. 1977. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 79(2):189   >> Note: Removed from homonymy
  • Sellick. 1980. University of London, Unpublished thesis 97, fig. 48   >> Note: Egg [unpublished thesis] >> Diapherodes gigas
  • Langlois & Lelong. 1998[1997]. Phasmatodea de Guadeloupe 43, figs   >> Diapherodes gigas
  • Sellick. 1998. Systematic Entomology 23:221   >> Note: Micropylar plate >> Diapherodes gigas
  • Lelong & Langlois. 2001. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr. 106(3):242, figs. 1-2   >> Diapherodes gigas
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 120   >> Diapherodes gigantea gigantea
  • Brock, J.A. Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman. 2016. Zootaxa 4179(2):172   >> Note: type data >> Diapherodes gigantea gigantea
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Southern America, Caribbean, Windward Is., St.Vincent
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Female
  • Location of type:  NHMUK London NH Mus.

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