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species Ramulus westwoodii (Wood-Mason, 1873)

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• Distribution:
  •  India: Andaman Islands
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (10):
  • Wood-Mason. 1873. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 42(2):50, pl.6:3   >> Bacillus westwoodii    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:3749
  • Wood-Mason. 1875. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 44(2):215   >> Lonchodes westwoodii    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:3750
  • Wood-Mason. 1877. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 46:342   >> Note: [sic]; notes; foodplant Streblus asper >> Lonchodes westwoodi
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:328   >> Note: also listed Entoria spinicorne (Stal) as a new syn.; however Brunner placed it as a valid species in a new genus Rhamphophasma >> Baculum westwoodii    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:3752
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1907. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. II. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). Phasmiden:203   >> Cuniculina westwoodii    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:3753
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 308   >> Ramulus westwoodi
  • Mandal & Yadav. 2010. Records of the Zoological Survey of India Occasional Paper 318:29   >> Note: Redescribed from the literature / material in NZSI >> Ramulus westwoodii    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:3748
  • Mandal & Yadav. 2010. Records of the Zoological Survey of India Occasional Paper 318:31   >> Note: Redescribed [but see Brunner 1907] >> Medaura scabriuscula
  • Mukherjee, T.K. & Sirinivasan. 2013. Phasmid Studies 18(1&2):26   >> Note: type data >> Ramulus westwoodii
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 552   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Ramulus westwoodii
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Asia-Tropical, Indo-China, Andaman Is., Port Blair and probably Nicobar
  • Kind of type:  syntypes
  • Specimen category:  10 Females, 2 Immatures
  • Location of type:  NZSI Calcutta ZSI

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