Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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subfamily
Phasmatinae
Leach, 1815
tribe
Phasmatini
Leach, 1815
genus
Eurycnema
Audinet-Serville, 1838
species
Eurycnema
osiris
(Gray, 1834)
urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5165
Common name(s): Darwin Stick-insect
Images: (19)
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specimen
Distribution:
Australia: Northern Territory, northern Queensland, Western Australia
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (29):
Gray, G.R. 1834. Transactions of the Entomological Society, London 1:46
>>
Phasma
(
Diura
)
osiris
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Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae 40
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Acrophylla
osiris
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de Haan. 1842. In Temminck [Ed.]. Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen 3:131
>>
Ctenomorpha
spinicollis
Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 115
>> Note: de Haan and Burmeister in error, not japetus (spinicollis) >>
Acrophylla
osiris
Rainbow. 1897. Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 3:41
>>
Acrophylla
osiris
Tepper. 1903. Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia 26:280
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Acrophylla
osiris
Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:389
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Ctenomorpha
osiris
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Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:459
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Ctenomorpha
osiris
Barrett. 1941. Wild Life 1941 March:130, fig. >> Note: Only referred to as 'giant green stick-insects' around Darwin [Brock - identified by me]
Bedford & Chinnick. 1966. Animal Behaviour 14:518, pl. 12, pl. 13A
>> Note: [misidentified], behaviour >>
Eurycnema
goliath
Bedford. 1968. J. Aust. ent. Soc. 7(1):81
>> Note: [misidentified], notes on biology >>
Eurycnema
goliath
Vickery. 1983. CSIRO Australian division of Entomology, Technical Paper No 20 3
>>
Anchiale
spinicollis
Balderson, Rentz & Roach. 1998. In Houston & A. Wells [Ed.]. Zoological Catalog of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera 362 >>
Anchiale
spinicollis
Brock. 1998. Jour. of Orthoptera Res. 7:63, figs
>> Note: redescription of male; distribution; egg; synonymy by De Haan 1842: 131 is an error >>
Eurycnema
osiris
Brock & Lowe. 1998. Jour. of Orthoptera Res. 7:72
>>
Eurycnema
osiris
Brock. 1999. Amateur Entomologist 26:36, pl.
>> Note: roadkill >>
Eurycnema
osiris
Königen. 2003. PSG Newsletter 97:10 >> Note: Rearing >>
Eurycnema
osiris
Brock. 2003. In Gale Research Staff. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Insects 225, fig. 1, 230
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Eurycnema
osiris
Brock. 2003. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22 62
>> Note: rearing >>
Eurycnema
osiris
Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 142
>>
Eurycnema
osiris
Brock & Hasenpusch. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography 1570:73
>>
Eurycnema
osiris
Brock & Hasenpusch. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia 20, 110-111, figs., 169
>>
Eurycnema
osiris
Egerton & Lochman. 2009. Wildlife of Australia 366, fig.
>>
Eurycnema
osiris
Buckley, Attanayake & Bradler. 2009[2008]. Proc. R. Soc. B. 276:1058
>> Note: In Phylogenetic tree >>
Eurycnema
osiris
Elias. 2011. Camouflage Australia: art, nature, science and war 11, 13
>> Note: Camouflage; plate from Brock & Hasenpusch 2009 >>
Eurycnema
osiris
Bradler. 2015. Entomologie heute 27:8, fig
>> Note: egg >>
Eurycnema
osiris
Bradler & Buckley. 2018. In Foottit & Adler [Ed.]. Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. Volume 2 284, egg
>> Note: Egg >>
Eurycnema
osiris
Rudolf & Brock. 2018. In IUCN. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018 e.T79003530A79003581
>> Note: Red List - Least Concern >>
Eurycnema
osiris
Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids pl. 37, 470, 558, fig
>> Note: Species account; checklist of world species >>
Eurycnema
osiris
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Australasia, Australia, Northern Territory, Melville Island
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: Immature
Location of type: OUMNH Oxford
synonym
cercata
Redtenbacher, 1902
synonym
salmacis
(Westwood, 1859)
synonym
stenocerca
Redtenbacher, 1908
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