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species Megacrania wegneri Willemse, 1955

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• Distribution:
  •  Obi Is., West Papua, Pelew Is, Caroline Is
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (12):
  • Willemse, C.J.M. 1955. Treubia 23(1):41   >> Note: egg >> Megacrania wegneri    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4836
  • Wegner, A.M.R. 1955. Treubia 23:47   >> Note: biology; egg >> Megacrania wegneri
  • Willemse, F. 1966. Publ. Natuurh. Genoot. Limburg 16:44 >> Note: Maastricht, paratype data >> Megacrania wegneri
  • Bedford. 1978. Annual Review of Entomology 23:126   >> Note: Oviposition >> Megacrania wegneri
  • Sellick. 1980. University of London, Unpublished thesis 103, fig. 54   >> Note: Egg [unpublished thesis] >> Megacrania wegneri
  • Hinton. 1981. Biology of insect eggs 2 533   >> Note: Egglaying habits >> Megacrania wegneri
  • Langlois. 1995. Le Monde des Phasmes 31(Semptember):27   >> Note: Defence >> Megacrania wegneri
  • Sellick. 1998. Systematic Entomology 23:222   >> Note: Micropylar plate >> Megacrania wegneri
  • Bragg. 2001. Phasmids of Borneo 404   >> Note: not Borneo; all types in Leiden? Number does not match [Brock - presumably unaware of paratypes in Maastricht] >> Megacrania wegneri
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 198   >> Megacrania wegneri
  • Hsiung. 2007. Jour. of Orthoptera Res. 16(2):214, fig.   >> Megacrania wegneri
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 556   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Megacrania wegneri
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Asia-Tropical, Malesia, Maluka, Obi Island, Telaga
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  RMNH Leiden

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