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species Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835

• Common name(s):  Giant Acrophylla Stick-insect
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• Distribution:
  •  Australia: Queensland, New South Wales
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (20):
  • Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae 39   >> Acrophylla enceladus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5323
  • Gray, G.R. 1837. Charlesworth's Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology 1(1):144   >> Acrophylla enceladus
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 108, pl. 39:1-2   >> Cyphocrania enceladus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5324
  • Stål. 1875. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 32:84   >> Vetilia enceladus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5325
  • Rainbow. 1897. Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 3:40   >> Cyphocrania enceladus
  • Tepper. 1903. Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia 26:282   >> Vetilia enceladus
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:393   >> Vetilia enceladus
  • Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:465   >> Vetilia enceladus
  • Craddock. 1972. Australian J. Zool. 20:448   >> Note: chromosomes >> Vetilia enceladus
  • Sellick. 1980. University of London, Unpublished thesis 124   >> Note: Egg [unpublished thesis] >> Vetilia enceladus
  • Vickery. 1983. CSIRO Australian division of Entomology, Technical Paper No 20 11   >> Vetilia enceladus
  • Hughes, Lesley. 1996. Nature Australia 1996 (Autumn):32, fig. >> Note: egg >> Vetilia enceladus
  • Balderson, Rentz & Roach. 1998. In Houston & A. Wells [Ed.]. Zoological Catalog of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera 376 >> Vetilia enceladus
  • Sellick. 1998. Systematic Entomology 23:225   >> Note: Micropylar plate >> Vetilia enceladus
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 340   >> Vetilia enceladus
  • Brock & Hasenpusch. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography 1570:72   >> Acrophylla enceladus
  • Brock & Hasenpusch. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia 91, figs., 164   >> Note: foodplants; egg >> Acrophylla enceladus
  • Rudolf & Brock. 2017. In IUCN. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T78790996A78792112   >> Note: Red List - Least Concern >> Acrophylla enceladus
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 450, 557, fig   >> Note: Species account; checklist of world species >> Acrophylla enceladus
  • Brock & Coupland. 2022. Phasmid Studies 21:34, figs   >> Acrophylla enceladus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Australasia, Australia
  • Kind of type:  syntypes
  • Specimen category:  Male, Female
  • Location of type:  OUMNH Oxford

• synonym eurymedon (Stål, 1877)

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