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synonym Eurycnema viridissima Kirby, 1904

• Nomenclatural details:   Junior synonym
• Images: One or more images of a type are included with the valid name.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (10):
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7)13:440   >> Eurycnema viridissima    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5189
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:391   >> Eurycnema viridissima
  • Vickery. 1983. CSIRO Australian division of Entomology, Technical Paper No 20 6   >> 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. 7:62   >> Note: lectotype designation >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Herwaarden. 1998. Science in New Guinea 24(2):82   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 141   >> Note: It has been pointed out by Bragg that Vickery 1983 indicated that he had not given new synonymy. Bragg thinks this may be a printing error in Vickery, which we consider unlikely. If there is any doubt, it is confirmed that this species is a syn. of goliath, as pointed out in Brock 1998.
  • Brock & Hasenpusch. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography 1570:73   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Hennemann, Conle & S. Suzuki. 2015. Zootaxa 4008(1):26   >> Eurycnema goliath
  • Brock, J.A. Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman. 2016. Zootaxa 4179(2):202   >> Note: type data >> Eurycnema goliath
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Australasia, Australia, Queensland, Moreton Bay
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  Female
  • Location of type:  NHMUK London NH Mus.

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