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species Varieganecroscia erechtheus (Westwood, 1859)

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• Distribution:
  •  Sri Lanka [not Borneo]
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (10):
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 142, pl. 9:1, 14:6   >> Necroscia erechtheus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:1010
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:375   >> Necroscia erechtheus
  • Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:546   >> Sipyloidea erechtheus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:1009
  • Vanschuytbroeck & Cools. 1981. Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg. 53(23):10   >> Note: in RBINS coll., Sri Lanka >> Sipyloidea erechtheus
  • Bragg. 2001. Phasmids of Borneo 601   >> Note: Notes >> Sipyloidea erechtheus
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 317   >> Sipyloidea erechtheus
  • Shelomi, Sitepu, Boundy-Mills & Kimsey. 2015. Jour. of Orthoptera Res. 24(1):2   >> Note: anatomical studies >> Sipyloidea erechtheus
  • Seow-Choen. 2016. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo 247   >> Note: Lectotype designation; not from Borneo >> Varieganecroscia erechtheus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:479565
  • Brock, J.A. Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman. 2016. Zootaxa 4179(2):170   >> Note: type data >> Varieganecroscia erechtheus
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 546   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Varieganecroscia erechtheus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, Sri Lanka
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  NHMUK London NH Mus.

• synonym tenebrosa (Bates, 1865)

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