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species Clemacantha goliath (Gray, 1834)

• Common name(s):  Goliath Stick-insect; Regal Stick-insect
• Images: (26) See all images

  specimen

• Distribution:
  •  Australia: New South Wales, south-east and northern Queensland, Tasmania
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (67):
  • Gray, G.R. 1834. Transactions of the Entomological Society, London 1:45   >> Phasma (Diura) goliath    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5183
  • Brullé. 1835. In Audouin & Brullé. Histoire naturelle des Insectes, vol 9 105, pl. 7   >> Note: male >> Cyphocrana goliath    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5184
  • Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae 39   >> Acrophylla goliath    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5185
  • Guérin-Méneville. 1838. Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle et des phénomènes de la nature 7:376   >> Cyphocrana goliath
  • Blanchard. 1840. In Castelnau [Ed.]. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères, Néuroptères, Hémiptères, Hymenoptères, Lépidoptères et Diptères 1-672   >> Cyphocrana goliath
  • de Haan. 1842. In Temminck [Ed.]. Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen 3:128   >> Phasma (Cyphocrania) goliath    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5186
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 107   >> Cyphocrania goliath    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5187
  • Kirby, W.F. 1892. Elementary Text-book of Entomology 243, pl. 21: 2   >> Note: fig. of male >> Cyphocrania goliath
  • Rainbow. 1897. Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 3:39   >> Cyphocrania goliath
  • Tepper. 1903. Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia 26:281   >> Cyphocrania goliath
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:391   >> Eurycnema goliath    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5182
  • Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:468, pl. 23:4   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Sjöstedt. 1918. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(19):51   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Günther. 1929. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum, Berlin 14:627 >> Diura goliath    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5188
  • Günther. 1934. Revue suisse de Zoologie 41(34):527   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Heather. 1965. Ent. Soc. Qld. 4:33   >> Note: female genitalia >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Key. 1970. The Insects of Australia, A textbook for students and research workers. 1st Edition 351, fig. 22.3f; 357 >> Note: fig. of egg, notes >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Crotch & et al. 1970. Rearing Stick Insects 16 >> Note: Rearing >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Sellick. 1974. Stick and Leaf Insects 42 >> Note: rearing >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Sellick. 1975. AES Exotic Entomology Group 1975(3):1 >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Sellick. 1976. Systematic Entomology 1:101   >> Note: description egg >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Bedford. 1978. Annual Review of Entomology 23:135   >> Note: Review of literature >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Sellick. 1980. University of London, Unpublished thesis 122, fig.73   >> Note: Egg [unpublished thesis] >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Vanschuytbroeck & Cools. 1981. Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg. 53(23):18   >> Note: in RBINS coll >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Vickery. 1983. CSIRO Australian division of Entomology, Technical Paper No 20 6   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Brock. 1985. The Phasmid Rearer’s Handbook (Stick Insects and Leaf Insects) 34 >> Note: Rearing >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Carlberg. 1987. Z. Versuchstierkd. 29:51 >> Note: Culturing phasmids for experiments >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Carlberg. 1987. Zool. Jb. Syst. 114:48 >> Note: Ovarian structure >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Sellick. 1988. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 93:280   >> Note: In checklist of eggs studied by SEM >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Brock. 1992. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22 60   >> Note: Rearing >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Ryan [Ed.]. 1995. Wildlife of Greater Brisbane 75, figs >> Note: notes >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Rentz. 1996. Grasshopper country. The abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia. Orthoptera; grasshoppers, katydids, crickets. Blattodea; cockroaches. Mantodea; mantids. Phasmatodea; stick insects. 250, 255, pl. 414   >> Note: fig. of egg >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Seow-Choen. 1996. Insect & Invertebrate World International 1(6):24, fig. >> Note: reproductive behaviour >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Seow-Choen, Seow-En & Seow-An. 1996. Nature Malaysiana 21(2):47, fig.   >> Note: colour >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Seow-Choen. 1997. Singapore Scientist 81:13, fig.   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Balderson, Rentz & Roach. 1998. In Houston & A. Wells [Ed.]. Zoological Catalog of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera 368 >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Brock. 1998. Jour. of Orthoptera Res. 7:61, figs   >> Note: in key; distribution; nomenclature; lectotype designation >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Herwaarden. 1998. Science in New Guinea 24(2):82   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Sellick. 1998. Systematic Entomology 23:225   >> Note: Micropylar plate >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Seiler, C. 1999. Entomol. Z. 109(5):217, figs. >> Note: rearing >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Brock. 1999. Amateur Entomologist 26:21, pl. 6   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Brock. 2000. PSG Newsletter 84:13 >> Note: distribution, new record in Northern Territory >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Seiler, C. & et al. 2000. Phasmiden Pflege und Zucht von Gespenstschrecken, Stabschrecken und Wandelnden Blattern im Terrarium 68, figs >> Note: rearing >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Zompro. 2000[1999]. TenDenZen Supplement 1999:63   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Baxter. 2002. Rearing Stick and Leaf Insects 4   >> Note: figure of egg >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Königen. 2003. PSG Newsletter 96:19 >> Note: rearing >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Brock. 2003. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22 62   >> Note: rearing >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Whiting, M.F., Bradler & Maxwell. 2003. Nature 421(6920):265   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Zborowski & R. Storey. 2003. A Field Guide to Insects in Australia, 2nd Edition 74, fig. >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 141   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Hughes, L. 2007. Butterfly & Other Invertebrates Club Inc. Newsletter 45:5 >> Note: notes >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Brock & Hasenpusch. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography 1570:73   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Hawkeswood. 2007. Calodema Supplementary Paper(50):3   >> Note: note on illustration in Kirby 1892 >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Trewick, Morgan-Richards & L.J. Collins. 2008. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48(3):806   >> Note: Phylogenetic analysis >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Henderson, A., D. Henderson & J. Sinclair. 2008. Bugs alive: a guide to keeping Australian invertebrates 85, figs.   >> Note: rearing >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Brock & Hasenpusch. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia 1,7, 8, 20, 109, figs., 169   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Buckley, Attanayake & Bradler. 2009[2008]. Proc. R. Soc. B. 276:1058   >> Note: In Phylogenetic tree >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Harman. 2011. PSG Newsletter 125:8   >> Note: PSG culture stock origin >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Hennemann, Conle & S. Suzuki. 2015. Zootaxa 4008(1):26   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Stanton, D.A. Dias & O'Hanlon. 2015. J. Chem. Ecol. 41(8):689   >> Note: Egg dispersal Rhytidoponera metallica ants >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Rudolf & Brock. 2017. In IUCN. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T79003367A79003460   >> Note: Red List - Least Concern >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Büscher, Buckley, Grohmann, Gorb & Bradler. 2018. Front. Ecol. Evol. 6:1-11   >> Note: Phylogeny and tarsal morphology >> Eurycnema goliath
  • O'Hanlon, B.R. Jones & Bulbert. 2020. The Science of Nature 107(34):6   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Williams, G. 2020. The Invertebrate World of Australia’s Subtropical Rainforests 30, pl. 69; 127   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids pl. 20, 26.2 & 43, 460, 558, 571, figs   >> Note: Species account; checklist of world species >> Clemacantha goliath    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:519339
  • Coupland. 2022. Phasmid Studies 21:7, fig   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Brock & Coupland. 2022. Phasmid Studies 21:42, figs   >> Eurycnema goliath
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Australasia, Australia
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  Female
  • Location of type:  MVMA Melbourne

• synonym acheron (Gray, 1834)
• synonym magnifica (Kirby, 1904)
• synonym regale Rainbow, 1897
• synonym viridissima (Kirby, 1904)

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