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species Acrophylla titan (Macleay, 1826)

• Common name(s):  Titan Stick-insect
• Images:
• Distribution:
  •  Australia: New South Wales, south-east Queensland
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (57):
  • Macleay, W.S. 1826[1827]. In King, P.P. Annulosa. Catalogue of Insects, collected by Captain King, R.N. Narrative of a survey of the Intertropical, and Western Coasts of Australia performed between the years 1818 and 1822. With an appendix, containing various subjects relating to hydrography and natural history. 2:454   >> Phasma titan    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5341
  • Gray, G.R. 1833. The Entomology of Australia, in a series of monographs. Part 1 containing the monograph of the genus Phasma 19, 26, pl. 4   >> Phasma (Diura) titan
  • Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae 39   >> Acrophylla titan    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5340
  • Gray, G.R. 1837. Charlesworth's Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology 1(1):144   >> Acrophylla titan
  • Burmeister. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie 2:580   >> Cyphocrania titan    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5343
  • Audinet-Serville. 1838[1839]. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Orthoptères 231   >> Acrophylla titanus
  • Guérin-Méneville. 1838. Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle et des phénomènes de la nature 7:377, pl. 485   >> Note: also links with Pachymorpha as "Pachymorphe" >> Diura titan    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5342
  • Burmeister. 1840. Germar’s Zeitschrift für die Entomologie 2:38   >> Acrophylla titanus
  • de Haan. 1842. In Temminck [Ed.]. Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen 3:129   >> Phasma (Cyphocrania) titan    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5345
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 114   >> Acrophylla titan
  • Saussure. 1872[1870-1872]. In Edwards, D.S. Etudes sur les insectes orthoptères. Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l’Amérique Centrale. Recherches zoologiques 6(1):pl. 4:25   >> Note: wing >> Acrophylla titan
  • Rainbow. 1897. Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 3:40   >> Acrophylla titan
  • Tepper. 1903. Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia 26:280   >> Acrophylla titan
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:388   >> Acrophylla titan
  • Froggatt. 1907. Australian Insects 35   >> Acrophylla titan
  • Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:464   >> Vetilia titan    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5346
  • Brewster, M.N., A.A. Brewster & Crouch. 1920. Life Stories of Australian Insects 38   >> Acrophylla titan
  • Musgrave. 1922. Australian Museum Magazine 1(6):180, fig   >> Note: [Brock - note 'male' on left misidentified = female Ctenomorpha marginipennis] >> Vetilia titan
  • McKeown. 1935. Insect wonders of Australia pl. >> Note: as Great Brown Phasma
  • McKeown. 1940. Australian Museum Magazine 7(4):126, fig   >> Acrophylla titan
  • McKeown. 1945. Australian Insects. An introductory handbook, 2nd Edition 46 >> Acrophylla titan
  • Key. 1960. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 17(6-8):236   >> Note: plea for addition to Official Lists; Macleay published in 1826, not 1827 >> Acrophylla titan
  • China & Riley. 1962. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 19(5):19   >> Note: Placed on Official Lists >> Acrophylla titan
  • Heather. 1965. Ent. Soc. Qld. 4:33   >> Note: female genitalia >> Acrophylla titan
  • Key. 1970. The Insects of Australia, A textbook for students and research workers. 1st Edition 351, fig. 22.3h >> Note: fig. of egg >> Acrophylla titan
  • Craddock. 1972. Australian J. Zool. 20:448   >> Note: chromosomes >> Acrophylla titan
  • Bedford. 1978. Annual Review of Entomology 23:136   >> Note: Review of literature >> Acrophylla titan
  • Sellick. 1980. University of London, Unpublished thesis 113, fig. 63   >> Note: Egg [unpublished thesis] >> Acrophylla titan
  • Vickery. 1983. CSIRO Australian division of Entomology, Technical Paper No 20 3   >> Acrophylla titan
  • Scali & Mazzini. 1987[1986]. In Mazzini & Scali [Ed.]. Stick Insects: Phylogeny and reproduction. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Stick Insects, Siena 163 >> Note: Ootaxonomy >> Acrophylla titan
  • Masetti. 1987[1986]. In Mazzini & Scali [Ed.]. Stick Insects: Phylogeny and reproduction. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Stick Insects, Siena 150 >> Note: Vitellins >> Acrophylla titan
  • Carlberg. 1987. Zool. Jb. Syst. 114:48 >> Note: Ovarian structure >> Acrophylla titan
  • O'Toole. 1990. Insects and spiders. Encyclopedia of the Animal World 36, fig >> Note: [Brock - in error, clearly shows an Anchiale sp.] >> Acrophylla titan
  • Brock. 1994. Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 53:61   >> Note: biology notes; egg >> Acrophylla titan
  • Ryan [Ed.]. 1995. Wildlife of Greater Brisbane 75, figs:74, fig >> Note: Notes >> Acrophylla titan
  • Brock. 1995. Insect World International 1(1):26 >> Acrophylla titan
  • Carwardine. 1995. The Guinness Book of Animal Records 234 >> Note: Egg-laying record for a phasmid >> Acrophylla titan
  • Rentz. 1996. Grasshopper country. The abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia. Orthoptera; grasshoppers, katydids, crickets. Blattodea; cockroaches. Mantodea; mantids. Phasmatodea; stick insects. 250, 254   >> Note: fig. of egg >> Acrophylla titan
  • Hughes, Lesley. 1996. Nature Australia 1996 (Autumn):38, fig. >> Acrophylla titan
  • Seow-Choen. 1996. Insect & Invertebrate World International 1(6):24, fig. >> Note: reproductive behaviour >> Acrophylla titan
  • Balderson, Rentz & Roach. 1998. In Houston & A. Wells [Ed.]. Zoological Catalog of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera 361 >> Acrophylla titan
  • Sellick. 1998. Systematic Entomology 23:224   >> Note: Micropylar plate >> Acrophylla titan
  • Brock. 1999. Amateur Entomologist 26:21, pl. 5c   >> Note: longest Australian phasmid; egg-laying record >> Acrophylla titan
  • Seiler, C. & et al. 2000. Phasmiden Pflege und Zucht von Gespenstschrecken, Stabschrecken und Wandelnden Blattern im Terrarium 41, figs >> Note: rearing, egg >> Acrophylla titan
  • Baxter. 2002. Rearing Stick and Leaf Insects 5   >> Note: figure of egg >> Acrophylla titan
  • Brock. 2003. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22 61, pl. 4a-b   >> Note: rearing >> Acrophylla titan
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 41   >> Acrophylla titan
  • Brock & Hasenpusch. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography 1570:72   >> Acrophylla titan
  • Brock & Hasenpusch. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia vi, 95, figs., 164   >> Acrophylla titan
  • Buckley, Attanayake & Bradler. 2009[2008]. Proc. R. Soc. B. 276:1058   >> Note: In Phylogenetic tree >> Acrophylla titan
  • Harman. 2012. PSG Newsletter 129:16 >> Note: PSG culture stock origin >> Acrophylla titan
  • Brock. 2013. PSG Newsletter 130:9   >> Note: in old literature >> Acrophylla titan
  • Brock & Hasenpusch. 2015. In Elias, Harley & Tsoutas [Ed.]. Camouflage cultures: beyond the art of disappearance 61, 62   >> Note: figs of female >> Acrophylla titan
  • Rudolf & Brock. 2017. In IUCN. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T78791411A78792127   >> Note: Red List - Least Concern >> Acrophylla titan
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 451, 557, figs   >> Note: Species account; checklist of world species >> Acrophylla titan
  • Coupland. 2022. Phasmid Studies 21:3, figs   >> Acrophylla titan
  • Brock & Coupland. 2022. Phasmid Studies 21:36, figs   >> Acrophylla titan
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Australasia, Australia, New South Wales
  • Kind of type:  unspecified primary type
  • Status of type:  lost

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