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species Acanthoderus spinosus (Gray, 1834)

• Common name(s):  Spiny Acanthoderus Stick-insect
• Images: (19) See all images

  specimen

• Distribution:
  •  Western Australia
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (15):
  • Gray, G.R. 1834. Transactions of the Entomological Society, London 1:46   >> Phasma (Bacteria) spinosum    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:222
  • Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae 14   >> Acanthoderus spinosus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:221
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 48   >> Acanthoderus spinosus
  • Stål. 1875. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 32:49   >> Note: designated type species >> Acanthoderus spinosus
  • Rainbow. 1897. Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 3:38   >> Acanthoderus spinosus
  • Tepper. 1903. Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia 26:285   >> Acanthoderus spinosus
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:339   >> Acanthoderus spinosus
  • Vickery. 1983. CSIRO Australian division of Entomology, Technical Paper No 20 3   >> Acanthoderus spinosus
  • Balderson, Rentz & Roach. 1998. In Houston & A. Wells [Ed.]. Zoological Catalog of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera 360 >> Acanthoderus spinosus
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 37   >> Acanthoderus spinosus
  • Brock & Hasenpusch. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography 1570:71   >> Acanthoderus spinosus
  • Brock & Hasenpusch. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia 35, 70, figs., 157   >> Note: male, egg >> Acanthoderus spinosus
  • Shelomi, Sitepu, Boundy-Mills & Kimsey. 2015. Jour. of Orthoptera Res. 24(1):2   >> Note: anatomical studies >> Acanthoderus spinosus
  • Rudolf & Brock. 2017. In IUCN. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T78788172A78792032   >> Note: Red List - Data Deficient >> Acanthoderus spinosus
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 556   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Acanthoderus spinosus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Australasia, Australia, Western Australia, Western Australia, Swan River
  • Kind of type:  syntypes
  • Specimen category:  Male, Female
  • Location of type:  OUMNH Oxford

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