Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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subfamily
Phasmatinae
Leach, 1815
tribe
Phasmatini
Leach, 1815
genus
Acrophylla
Gray, 1835
species
Acrophylla
titan
(Macleay, 1826)
urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5340
Common name(s): Titan Stick-insect
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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
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Phasma
titan
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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
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Phasma
(
Diura
)
titan
Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae 39
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Acrophylla
titan
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Gray, G.R. 1837. Charlesworth's Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology 1(1):144
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Acrophylla
titan
Burmeister. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie 2:580
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Cyphocrania
titan
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Audinet-Serville. 1838[1839]. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Orthoptères 231
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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
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Burmeister. 1840. Germar’s Zeitschrift für die Entomologie 2:38
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Acrophylla
titanus
de Haan. 1842. In Temminck [Ed.]. Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen 3:129
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Phasma
(
Cyphocrania
)
titan
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Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 114
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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
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Acrophylla
titan
Tepper. 1903. Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia 26:280
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Acrophylla
titan
Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:388
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Acrophylla
titan
Froggatt. 1907. Australian Insects 35
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Acrophylla
titan
Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:464
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Vetilia
titan
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Brewster, M.N., A.A. Brewster & Crouch. 1920. Life Stories of Australian Insects 38
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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
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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
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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
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Acrophylla
titan
Brock & Hasenpusch. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography 1570:72
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Acrophylla
titan
Brock & Hasenpusch. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia vi, 95, figs., 164
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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
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Acrophylla
titan
Brock & Coupland. 2022. Phasmid Studies 21:36, figs
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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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