Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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family
Phasmatidae
Leach, 1815
subfamily
Megacraniinae
Hennemann, 2020
genus
Megacrania
Kaup, 1871
species
Megacrania
batesii
Kirby, 1896
urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4846
Common name(s): Peppermint Stick-insect
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Distribution:
Australia, Solomon Islands, New Guinea
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Pandanus plants, often in coastal areas
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (44):
Kirby, W.F. 1896. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 2 6(6):471
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batesii
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Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:385
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Megacrania
batesii
Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:362, 369, pl. 16:16, 17:1
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Megacrania
batesi
subsequent misspelling
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Giglio-Tos. 1910. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino 25(625):35
>> Note: note of specimens in Genova collection >>
Megacrania
batesii
Günther. 1932. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum, Berlin 17:779
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batesi
subsequent misspelling
Günther. 1929. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum, Berlin 14:624 >>
Megacrania
batesi
subsequent misspelling
Bruner. 1915. University Studies of the University of Lincoln, Nebraska 15(2):233
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batesi
subsequent misspelling
Günther. 1935. Natuurhistorisch Maandblad, Maastricht 24:126 >>
Megacrania
alpheus
Yasumatsu. 1942. Bulletin of Takarazuka Insectarium 18:12 >> Note: [sic]; egg >>
Megacrania
batesi
Nakata. 1961. Pacific Insects Monograph 2:117
>> Note: Various Pacific Islands, also Australia, New Guinea, Sumatra, Borneo, Luzon [Brock, some localities in error, such as Sumatra, Borneo, Luzon] >>
Megacrania
batesi
batesi
subsequent misspelling
Franzman. 1974. Entomol. Soc. Qld. News Bull. 2(5):63 >> Note: in Australia >>
Megacrania
batesii
Vanschuytbroeck & Cools. 1981. Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg. 53(23):13
>> Note: in RBINS coll >>
Megacrania
batesi
subsequent misspelling
Sellick. 1980. University of London, Unpublished thesis 103, fig. 53
>> Note: Egg [unpublished thesis] >>
Megacrania
batesi
subsequent misspelling
Vickery. 1983. CSIRO Australian division of Entomology, Technical Paper No 20 8
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batesii
Rentz. 1996. Grasshopper country. The abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia. Orthoptera; grasshoppers, katydids, crickets. Blattodea; cockroaches. Mantodea; mantids. Phasmatodea; stick insects. 256, pl. 417-418
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batesii
Hughes, Lesley. 1996. Nature Australia 1996 (Autumn):34, fig. >>
Megacrania
batesii
Kevan & Vickery. 1997. Micronesica 30(2):328
>> Note: In Micronesia >>
Megacrania
batesii
Balderson, Rentz & Roach. 1998. In Houston & A. Wells [Ed.]. Zoological Catalog of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera 372 >>
Megacrania
batesii
Herwaarden. 1998. Science in New Guinea 24(2):98
>> Note: listed as batesi >>
Megacrania
alpheus
Harman. 2000[1999]. Phasmid Studies 8(1&2):17
>> Note: in checklist of Oceania phasmids (update of Nakata 1961) >>
Megacrania
batesi
batesi
subsequent misspelling
Cermak & Hasenpusch. 2000. Mem. Queensland Museum 46(1):101, figs.
>> Note: in Australia; biology; conservation; egg >>
Megacrania
batesii
Hsiung & J. Yang. 2000. Jour. of Orthoptera Res. 9:71
>> Note: Australian specimens compared with related species; lectotype reference (technically before Bragg) >>
Megacrania
batesii
Bragg. 2001. Phasmids of Borneo 402
>> Note: Lectotype designation [but after Hsiung & Yang 2000], syn. of alpheus [Brock - this doubtful following Hsiung’s work on the genus] >>
Megacrania
alpheus
Seiler, C. & Bradler. 2002. DRACO 3(1):38 >> Note: rearing Queensland stock >>
Megacrania
batesii
Brock. 2003. In Gale Research Staff. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Insects 223
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Megacrania
batesii
Zborowski & R. Storey. 2003. A Field Guide to Insects in Australia, 2nd Edition 76, fig. >>
Megacrania
batesii
Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 197
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Megacrania
alpheus
Brock & Hasenpusch. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography 1570:74
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Megacrania
batesii
Hsiung. 2007. Jour. of Orthoptera Res. 16(2):212, fig.
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Megacrania
batesii
Lit & Eusebio. 2008. The Philippine Agricultural Scientist 91(2):121
>> Note: note on foodplants in Philippines >>
Megacrania
batesi
subsequent misspelling
Henderson, A., D. Henderson & J. Sinclair. 2008. Bugs alive: a guide to keeping Australian invertebrates 88, fig.
>> Note: rearing >>
Megacrania
batesi
subsequent misspelling
Brock & Hasenpusch. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia 36, 122-123, figs.
>> Note: in Australia >>
Megacrania
batesii
Krijns. 2009. Phasma 19(72):19, fig. (front cover) >> Note: rearing >>
Megacrania
batesii
Buckley, Attanayake & Bradler. 2009[2008]. Proc. R. Soc. B. 276:1058
>> Note: In Phylogenetic tree >>
Megacrania
batesii
Baker, E. W. 2015. Agric & Food Secur 4(22):3
>> Note: Pest status >>
Megacrania
batesi
subsequent misspelling
Baker, E. W. 2015. Agric & Food Secur 4(22):14
>> Note: pest status >>
Megacrania
batesii
Harman. 2015. PSG Newsletter 135:26 >> Note: PSG culture stock notes >>
Megacrania
batesii
Brock, J.A. Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman. 2016. Zootaxa 4179(2):161
>> Note: type data >>
Megacrania
batesii
Ripper. 2016. PSG Newsletter 137:18, fig. >>
Megacrania
batesii
Jones, B.R. & Bulbert. 2019. J Ethol 1
>> Note: Directed chemical spray induced when predation risk is at its highest >>
Megacrania
batesii
Harman. 2020. PSG Newsletter 144:45 >> Note: Reference in bibliography to PSG culture stick >>
Megacrania
batesii
O'Hanlon, B.R. Jones & Bulbert. 2020. The Science of Nature 107(34):2, fig.
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Megacrania
batesii
Hennemann. 2020. Zootaxa 4896(2):165
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batesii
Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids pl. 7.2, 8.1, 23.21, 24.1 & 43, 476, 556, fig
>> Note: Species account; checklist of world species >>
Megacrania
batesii
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Asia-Tropical, Papuasia, Solomon Is.
Kind of type: lectotype
Specimen category: Female
Location of type: NHMUK London NH Mus.
synonym
batesi
Redtenbacher, 1908
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