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species Megaphasma furcatum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)

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• Distribution:
  •  Mexico, Venta de Zopilote
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (11):
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1907. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. II. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). Phasmiden:338   >> Diapheromera furcata    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:3063
  • Shelford. 1909. Biologia Centrali-Americana Insecta Orthoptera 2:354, pl. 5:6   >> Diapheromera furcata
  • Brock. 1993. Phasmid Studies 2(1):18   >> Note: type data >> Diapheromera furcata
  • 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):31   >> Note: syntype series, male, Mexico, Venta de Zapilote, Guerrero, 2800 ft, vi., leg. H.H.Smith [690’- although Brunner did not refer to a specimen in VIENNA]. Also in LONDON: 2 males, female same data [smaller male clearly a different species] >> Diapheromera furcata
  • Zompro. 1998. Revision nearktischer und neotropischer Genera der Insektenordnung Phasmatodea, insbesondere der Familie Heteronemiidae sensu Bradley & Galil 51   >> Note: [Unpublished thesis] >> Megaphasma furcatum    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:3062
  • Zompro. 2001. Revue suisse de Zoologie 108(1):212   >> Note: lectotype designation >> Megaphasma furcatum
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 198   >> Megaphasma furcatum
  • Brock, J.A. Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman. 2016. Zootaxa 4179(2):170   >> Note: type data >> Megaphasma furcatum
  • López-Mora & Llorente-Bousquets. 2018. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 89:48   >> Note: in checklist of species from Mexico >> Megaphasma furcatum
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 513   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Megaphasma furcatum
  • Luna. 2022. Phasmid Studies 21:92   >> Note: Checklist of North American phasmids >> Megaphasma furcatum
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Mexico, Venta de Zopilote, Guerrero
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  NMW Vienna Museum

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