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species Paronchestus pasimachus (Westwood, 1859)

• Common name(s):  Slender-dark Stick-insect
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  specimen

• Distribution:
  •  Australia: New South Wales, Northern Territory, south-east and northern Queensland
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (20):
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 109, pl. 9:5   >> Cyphocrania pasimachus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5124
  • Stål. 1875. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 2(17):8   >> Acrophylla pasimachus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5125
  • Stål. 1877. Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 20:63   >> Onchestus pasimachus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5126
  • Tepper. 1893. Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia 16(2):152 >> Note: possibly a dwarf form of this sp. noted from Fraser Range >> Cyphocrania pasimachus
  • Tepper. 1896. Orthoptera. In: Spencer, B. (ed). Report of the Horn Expedition to Central-Australia. Part II. Zoology. 366   >> Cyphocrania pasimachus
  • Rainbow. 1897. Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 3:40   >> Cyphocrania pasimachus
  • Tepper. 1903. Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia 26:281   >> Cyphocrania pasimachus
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:394   >> Onchestus pasimachus
  • Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:461   >> Anchiale pasimachus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5127
  • Vickery. 1983. CSIRO Australian division of Entomology, Technical Paper No 20 9   >> Onchestus pasimachus
  • Balderson, Rentz & Roach. 1998. In Houston & A. Wells [Ed.]. Zoological Catalog of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera 373 >> Onchestus pasimachus
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 233   >> Onchestus pasimachus
  • Brock & Hasenpusch. 2006[2005]. Jour. of Orthoptera Res. 14(1):21   >> Note: not an Onchestus sp. >> Onchestus pasimachus
  • Brock & Hasenpusch. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography 1570:73   >> Paronchestus pasimachus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5123
  • Brock & Hasenpusch. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia 118, figs., 171   >> Paronchestus pasimachus
  • Brock, J.A. Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman. 2016. Zootaxa 4179(2):187   >> Note: type data >> Paronchestus pasimachus
  • Rudolf & Brock. 2018. In IUCN. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018 e.T79006221A79006271   >> Note: Red List - Least Concern >> Paronchestus pasimachus
  • Williams, G. 2020. The Invertebrate World of Australia’s Subtropical Rainforests 127   >> Paronchestus pasimachus
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 558   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Paronchestus pasimachus
  • Brock & Coupland. 2022. Phasmid Studies 21:71, fig   >> Note: in list of species potentially found in Springbrook, Binna Burra or surrounds >> Paronchestus pasimachus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Australasia, Australia, N. & N.W. Coast & Houtman's Albrolhoo
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Female
  • Location of type:  NHMUK London NH Mus.

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