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species Micrarchus hystriculeus (Westwood, 1859)

• Common name(s):  Lesser Spiny Stick-insect
• Images: (16) See all images

  specimen

• Distribution:
  •  New Zealand
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (29):
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 16, pl. 1:4   >> Pachymorpha hystriculea    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:214
  • Hutton, F.W. 1881. Catalogues of the New Zealand Diptera, Orthoptera, Hymenoptera; with Descriptions of the Species 75   >> Bacillus hystriculea    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:215
  • Hutton, F.W. 1898. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Wellington 30:162   >> Pachymorpha hystriculea
  • Hutton, F.W. 1899. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Wellington 31:52   >> Pachymorpha hystriculea
  • Tepper. 1903. Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia 26:279   >> Note: [sic] >> Pachymorpha histriculea
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:342   >> Pachymorpha hystriculea
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1907. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. II. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). Phasmiden:214   >> Pachymorpha hystriculea
  • Tillyard. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand 94   >> Pachymorpha hystriculea
  • Wise. 1977. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 11:51   >> Pachymorpha hystriculea
  • Sellick. 1980. University of London, Unpublished thesis 78, fig. 40   >> Note: Egg [unpublished thesis] >> Micrarchus hystriculeus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:213
  • Salmon. 1991. The stick insects of New Zealand 88, figs. >> Note: male, eggs [Brock - distribution of Australia and New Guinea in error] >> Pachymorpha hystriculea
  • Buckley. 1995. An allozyme study of stick insects (Insecta: Phasmida) from the Wellington area 12   >> Note: [unpublished thesis] >> Pachymorpha hystriculea
  • Sellick. 1998. Systematic Entomology 23:220   >> Note: Micropylar plate >> Pachymorpha hystriculea
  • Harman. 2000[1999]. Phasmid Studies 8(1&2):18   >> Pachymorpha hystriculea
  • Zompro & Brock. 2003. Revue suisse de Zoologie 110(1):19   >> Micrarchus hystriculeus
  • Jewell & Brock. 2003[2002]. Jour. of Orthoptera Res. 11(2):191   >> Micrarchus hystriculeus
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 203   >> Micrarchus hystriculeus
  • Trewick & Morgan-Richards. 2005. Reed Children's Books 15   >> Micrarchus hystriculeus
  • Trewick, Morgan-Richards & L.J. Collins. 2008. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48(3):802   >> Note: Phylogenetic analysis >> Micrarchus hystriculeus
  • Trewick & Morgan-Richards. 2014. NZ Wildlife. Introducing the weird and wonderful character of natural New Zealand 116   >> Micrarchus hystriculeus
  • Dunning, A.B. Dennis, B.J. Sinclair, Newcomb & Buckley. 2014. Molecular Ecology 23:2712   >> Micrarchus hystriculeus
  • Kelly. 2014. Biol. Journ. Linnean Soc. 113:471   >> Note: Sexual selection >> Micrarchus hystriculeus
  • Buckley, Hitchmough, Rolfe & Stringer. 2014. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 15 3   >> Note: Not Threatened >> Micrarchus hystriculeus
  • Brock. 2015. PSG Newsletter 134:10, figs   >> Note: hystriculeus >> Micrarchus hystriculeus
  • Brock & Jewell. 2015. PSG Newsletter 134:13   >> Micrarchus hystriculeus
  • Dennis, A.B., Dunning, B.J. Sinclair & Buckley. 2015. Sci. Rep. 5(13965):2   >> Note: cold adaptation >> Micrarchus hystriculeus
  • Brock, J.A. Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman. 2016. Zootaxa 4179(2):176   >> Note: type data >> Micrarchus hystriculeus
  • Trewick & Morgan-Richards. 2019. Wild Life New Zealand. 2nd Edition 119   >> Micrarchus hystriculeus
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 477, 556, figs   >> Note: Species account; checklist of world species >> Micrarchus hystriculeus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Australasia, New Zealand
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Female
  • Location of type:  NHMUK London NH Mus.

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