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species Phobaeticus hypharpax (Westwood, 1859)

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  specimen

• Distribution:
  •  Sri Lanka, Southeast India
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (16):
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 75, pl. 8:6   >> Phibalosoma hypharpax    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4357
  • Kaup. 1871. Berliner Entomologische Zeitung 15:37   >> Note: female >> Phibalosoma hypharpax
  • Kaup. 1871. Berliner Entomologische Zeitung 15:19, pl. 1:11   >> Note: egg >> Cladoxerus hypharpax    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4358
  • Stål. 1877. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 34 (10):41   >> Note: [sic] >> Pharnacia hypharpace subsequent misspelling    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:513984
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1893. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova (2)13(33):83   >> Tirachoidea hypharpax    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4359
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:360   >> Tirachoidea hypharpax
  • Willey. 1904. Spolia Zeylanica (B) 2:199, pl.   >> Note: female illustrated >> Phibalosoma hypharpax
  • Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:453   >> Pharnacia hypharpax    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4360
  • Vanschuytbroeck & Cools. 1981. Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg. 53(23):17   >> Note: in RBINS coll >> Tirachoidea hypharpax
  • Brock. 1996. Phasmid Studies 5(1):28   >> Note: type data >> Phobaeticus hypharpax    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4356
  • Sellick. 1998. Systematic Entomology 23:226   >> Note: Micropylar plate >> Phasmotaenia hyparphax subsequent misspelling    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:501062
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 268   >> Phobaeticus hypharpax
  • Salgado. 2006. Forktail 22:123   >> Note: [misidentification - reported in http://gallicissa.blogspot.com/2008/10/sticky-matters.html ]; food of bird >> Palophus
  • Hennemann & Conle. 2008. Zootaxa 1906:144, figs   >> Note: egg >> Phobaeticus hypharpax
  • Brock, J.A. Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman. 2016. Zootaxa 4179(2):176   >> Note: type data >> Phobaeticus hypharpax
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 554   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Phobaeticus hypharpax
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, Sri Lanka
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  NHMUK London NH Mus.

• synonym hyparphax (Sellick, 1998)
• synonym hypharpace (Stål, 1877)
• synonym spectabilis (Redtenbacher, 1908)

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