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species Megacrania speiseri Carl, 1915

• Distribution:
  •  Vanuatu
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (12):
  • Carl. 1915. In Sarasin & J. Roux. Forschungen in Neu-Caledonia (2)2(9):193   >> Megacrania batesi speiseri    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4842
  • Willemse, C.J.M. 1955. Treubia 23(1):44   >> Megacrania alpheus
  • Nakata. 1961. Pacific Insects Monograph 2:117   >> Note: in New Hebrides >> Megacrania batesi speiseri
  • Herwaarden. 1998. Science in New Guinea 24(2):98   >> Megacrania alpheus
  • Hennemann & Conle. 1999. Entomologica Basiliensia 21:8   >> Note: type data (Basel) >> Megacrania batesi speiseri
  • Harman. 2000[1999]. Phasmid Studies 8(1&2):17   >> Megacrania batesi speiseri
  • Bragg. 2001. Phasmids of Borneo 402   >> Megacrania alpheus
  • Zompro & Brock. 2003. Revue suisse de Zoologie 110(1):23   >> Note: type data >> Megacrania batesii speiseri    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4844
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 197   >> Megacrania alpheus alpheus
  • Hsiung. 2007. Jour. of Orthoptera Res. 16(2):207   >> Note: types from Malo not located. A female collected in Efate, New Hebrides was significantly different to speiseri and described as obscurus >> Megacrania batesi speiseri
  • Hsiung. 2011[2010]. Jour. of Orthoptera Res. 19(2):382, figs., pl. 16   >> Note: Elevated to species; Lectotype designation >> Megacrania speiseri    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4841
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 556   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Megacrania speiseri
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Pacific, Southwestern Pacific, Vanuatu, Malo
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  Female
  • Location of type:  NHMB Basel

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