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species Sceptrophasma humilis (Westwood, 1859)

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  specimen

• Distribution:
  •  Sri Lanka
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (8):
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 7, pl. 2:7   >> Bacillus humilis    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:660
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:329   >> Ramulus humilis    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:661
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1907. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. II. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). Phasmiden:228   >> Note: Syn. of beroe [also on p. 223 ? syn. of carinulatus] >> Gratidia beroe
  • Hennemann. 2002. Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 92:61, 75, figs   >> Note: Valid species; Brunner in error, not a syn. of beroe; Egg >> Sceptrophasma humilis    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:659
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 311   >> Sceptrophasma humilis
  • Mandal & Yadav. 2010. Records of the Zoological Survey of India Occasional Paper 318:22   >> Note: Notes from existing literature >> Sceptrophasma humilis
  • Brock, J.A. Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman. 2016. Zootaxa 4179(2):176   >> Note: type data >> Sceptrophasma humilis
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 509   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Sceptrophasma humilis
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, Sri Lanka
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Female
  • Location of type:  NHMUK London NH Mus.

• synonym carinulatus (Saussure, 1868)

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