species

Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775)

Trinidad Log Stick-insect

CollectionObject 1558176; 19a9cf87-574a-4d72-a8d6-250e92251cda: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male of synonym Phasma corniceps (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1558176; 19a9cf87-574a-4d72-a8d6-250e92251cda: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, lateral view of synonym Phasma corniceps (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1558176; 19a9cf87-574a-4d72-a8d6-250e92251cda: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Phasma corniceps (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1558176; 19a9cf87-574a-4d72-a8d6-250e92251cda: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, data labels of synonym Phasma corniceps (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (49)

Mantis spinosa Fabricius, 1775: 274.
Mantis spinosus Fabricius, 1775 in Fabricius, 1787: 227.
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Mantis spinosa Fabricius, 1775 in Olivier, 1797: 633.
Phasma spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Fabricius, 1798: 188.
Phasma spinosa (Fabricius, 1775) in Latreille, 1807: 87.
Phasma spinosa (Fabricius, 1775) in Audinet-Serville, 1831: 58.
Phasma corniceps Gray, 1835: 25.
Holotype; male; 19a9cf87-574a-4d72-a8d6-250e92251cda; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Guyana: Demerara
Phasma spinosum (Fabricius, 1775) in Gray, 1835: 22.
Phasma spinosum (Fabricius, 1775) in Haan, 1842: 142.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Westwood, 1859: 104.
Xerosoma spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Stål, 1875: 99.
Phasma corniceps Gray, 1835 (synonym of Mantis spinosa Fabricius, 1775) in Kirby, 1904: 417.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Kirby, 1904: 417.
Phasma corniceps Gray, 1835 (synonym of Mantis spinosa Fabricius, 1775) in Redtenbacher, 1906: 142.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Redtenbacher, 1906: 142.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Shelford, 1909: 375.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Giglio-Tos, 1910: 12.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Chopard, 1911: 342.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Chopard, 1920: 167-168, 261-262. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Mayer, 1938: 15.
Mantis spinosa Fabricius, 1775 in Zimsen, 1964: 615.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Passerin d' Entrèves, 1981: 55. Specimen or distribution
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Brock, 1983: 4.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Gange, 1983: 7.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Brock, 1985: 30, figs. Image or description
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Gange, 1990: 18. Life history
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Brock, 1992: 41, figs. Life history
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Schulten, 1995: 117, figs., pl. 8.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Schulten, 1995: 643, fig. 5.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Sellick, 1998: 210. Phylogeny or classification
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Brock, 1998: 34.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Baxter, 2002: 11, 42, figs.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Alderton, 2002: 14. Image or description
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Brock, 2003: 45, fig. 26.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Zompro, 2004: 116. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma corniceps Gray, 1835 (synonym of Mantis spinosa Fabricius, 1775) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 111.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 111.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Delfosse, 2009: 5.
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Harman, 2011: 10. Specimen or distribution
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Bellanger, Jourdan & Lelong, 2012: 487. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Langlois & Bellanger, 2012: 92, figs. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Jourdan, Lelong & Bellanger, 2014: 493. Specimen or distribution
Phasma corniceps Gray, 1835 (synonym of Mantis spinosa Fabricius, 1775) in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 166. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Hennemann, Conle & Perez-Gelabert, 2016: 29, fig. Image or description
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Bradler & Buckley, 2018: 284, fig. Image or description
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Bellanger, Lelong & Jourdan, 2018: 275-281. Image or description
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Conle, Hennemann, Bellanger, Lelong, Jourdan & Valero, 2020: 126. Specimen or distribution

Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 270, 570, figs. Specimen or distribution
Creoxylus spinosus (Fabricius, 1775) in Heleodoro & Rafael, 2023: 14. Phylogeny or classification

Nomenclature references (45)

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Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	7	8