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synonym Haplopus cytherea Westwood, 1859

• Nomenclatural details:   Junior synonym
• Common name(s):  Giant Green Stick Insect
• Images: One or more images of a type are included with the valid name.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (16):
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 86, pl. 18:5   >> Haplopus cytherea    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5818
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1904. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 56:63   >> Aplopus cytherea    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5819
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:363   >> Haplopus cytherea
  • Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:432   >> Haplopus cythereus
  • Moxey. 1972. Harvard University [unpublished thesis] 114 >> Note: new synonymy [invalid - unpublished thesis] >> Diapherodes spinipes
  • Adams, R. & M. Adams. 1982. Entomol. Z. 92(18):263 >> Note: as unidentified sp.; rearing >> Aplopus
  • Saure. 1988. Stuttgarter Beiträge Naturkunde Serie A [Biologie] A 413:14   >> Note: Musculature of abdominal segments IV and V >> Aplopus cytherea
  • Gange. 1990. PSG Newsletter 45:18 >> Note: Egg, rearing [as Aplopus sp] >> Aplopus
  • Adams, R. & M. Adams. 1990. Imago 40:13 >> Note: as unidentified sp.; rearing >> Aplopus
  • Carlberg & Saure. 1991. Zool. Jb. Anat. 121:53 >> Note: Postembryonic stages >> Aplopus cytherea
  • Sellick. 1998. Systematic Entomology 23:221   >> Note: Micropylar plate >> Aplopus cytherea
  • Baxter. 2002. Rearing Stick and Leaf Insects 6, 31, figs   >> Note: rearing, figure of egg >> Haplopus cytherea
  • Brock. 2003. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22 54   >> Note: rearing >> Aplopus cythereus
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 151   >> Haplopus cythereus
  • Hennemann, Conle & Perez-Gelabert. 2016. Zootaxa 4128(1):107, 121   >> Note: Lectotype designation >> Haplopus micropterus
  • Lu, Brock, Ivie & O'Reilly. 2018. Phasmid Studies 19:43   >> Haplopus micropterus
• Scrutiny:
  • Brock, 2007, Lectotype marked on specimen by Brock several years ago, but paper delayed pending further research / material
  • Marshall, 2008, original spelling of species name takes priority
• Type specimen information:
  • There are multiple primary types, see specimen data for details.

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