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species Megacrania nigrosulfurea Redtenbacher, 1908

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  specimen

• Distribution:
  •  Papua New Guinea (including New Britain)
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (10):
  • Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:370   >> Megacrania nigrosulfurea    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4840
  • Günther. 1929. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum, Berlin 14:624 >> Megacrania nigrosulfurea
  • Günther. 1933. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Basel 44(2):154 >> Megacrania nigrosulfurea
  • Brock. 1998. Catalogue of type-specimens of Stick- and Leaf-Insects in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Insecta: Phasmida). Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 13(5):46   >> Note: type data, mention of male and female [but only the adult female is type; other specimen appears to be juv. female] >> Megacrania nigrosulfurea
  • Herwaarden. 1998. Science in New Guinea 24(2):98   >> Megacrania nigrosulfurea
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 197   >> Megacrania nigrosulfurea
  • Hsiung. 2007. Jour. of Orthoptera Res. 16(2):217, fig.   >> Megacrania nigrosulfurea
  • Zompro & Prescott. 2009. Arthropoda 17(1):44, figs. >> Note: male, egg >> Megacrania nigrosulfurea
  • Prescott, Bramham, Zompro & Maciver. 2010. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 37:759   >> Note: defensive secretion >> Megacrania nigrosulfurea
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 556   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Megacrania nigrosulfurea
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Asia-Tropical, Papuasia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Female
  • Location of type:  NMW Vienna Museum

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