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Data for specimen record

Identification
Current: subspecies Leprocaulinus vipera praestantior (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
Historical: Carausius praestantior; syntype of subspecies Leprocaulinus vipera praestantior (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907); cited by Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1907. (Usually bound in one volume, Brunner & Redtenbacher 1906-08, published in three parts: Redtenbacher 1906, 1908; Brunner 1907). Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. II. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). Phasmiden:181-338, pls 7-15
Specimen
Basis of record: not specified
Counts: Females more than 1
Depository: NMW, Vienna Museum; catalog number 517
Data source: not recorded
Other: condition, missing?; note, Empty space in collection
Locality
Papuasia, New Guinea: Key Island; Modern (is included in map)
Collecting event
[no data recorded]
Images      
female of Carausius praestantior (syntype), copyright NMW, Vienna
female: head and thorax, lateral view of Carausius praestantior (syntype), copyright NMW, Vienna
female: end of absomen, lateral view of Carausius praestantior (syntype), copyright NMW, Vienna
Sounds      
None
Ecological relationships      
None
 

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