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subfamily Phasmatinae Leach, 1815
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tribe Phasmatini Leach, 1815
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genus Clemacantha Rainbow, 1897

species Clemacantha goliath (Gray, 1834)

urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:519339

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