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species Megacrania phelaus (Westwood, 1859)

• Distribution:
  •  Fiji, Solomon Is, New Britain
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (18):
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 113, pl. 27:5   >> Platycrania phelaus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4838
  • Kaup. 1871. Berliner Entomologische Zeitung 15:38   >> Megacrania phelaus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4837
  • Kirby, W.F. 1896. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 2 6(6):470   >> Megacrania phelaus
  • Tepper. 1903. Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia 26:284   >> Megacrania phelaus
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:385   >> Megacrania phelaus
  • Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:370   >> Megacrania phelaus
  • Günther. 1937. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 8(3):5 >> Note: records from Solomon Is. >> Megacrania phelans subsequent misspelling    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4839
  • Nakata. 1961. Pacific Insects Monograph 2:117   >> Megacrania phelaus
  • Sellick. 1980. University of London, Unpublished thesis 104   >> Note: Egg [unpublished thesis] >> Megacrania phelaus
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 197   >> Megacrania phelaus
  • Hsiung. 2007. Jour. of Orthoptera Res. 16(2):217, fig.   >> Megacrania phelaus
  • Evenhuis. 2007. Bishop Museum Technical Report 38(17):2   >> Megacrania phelaus
  • Krijns. 2009. Phasma 19(72):19, fig. >> Note: rearing >> Megacrania phelaus
  • Buckley, Attanayake & Bradler. 2009[2008]. Proc. R. Soc. B. 276:1058   >> Note: In Phylogenetic tree >> Megacrania phelaus
  • Harman. 2013. PSG Newsletter 131:14 >> Note: PSG culture stock origin, Kwara'ae, Mailaita Is. >> Megacrania phelaus
  • Brock, J.A. Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman. 2016. Zootaxa 4179(2):188   >> Note: type data >> Megacrania phelaus
  • Büscher, Buckley, Grohmann, Gorb & Bradler. 2018. Front. Ecol. Evol. 6:1-11, figs   >> Note: Phylogeny and tarsal morphology >> Megacrania phelaus
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 556   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Megacrania phelaus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Pacific, Southwestern Pacific, Fiji
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Female
  • Location of type:  NHMUK London NH Mus.

• synonym phelans Günther, 1937

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