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Bacillus whitei Nascetti & Bullini, 1982

Bacillus whitei Nascetti & Bullini, 1982: copyright Paul D. Brock. female, Slough, Berkshire UK, November 2007. (Otu).
Bacillus whitei Nascetti & Bullini, 1982: copyright Paul D. Brock. female, Slough, Berkshire UK, November 2007. (Otu).

Nomenclature (64)

  • Bacillus whitei Nascetti & Bullini, 1982: 251.

    Holotype; female; 6ced7dc6-6e24-44e0-8ada-29a8bec8b0c4; deposited at: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 'Giacomo Doria' (MSNG); Floridia

  • Bacillus whitei Nascetti & Bullini, 1982 in Nascetti, Bullini & Bullini, 1982: 133.
  • Bacillus whitei Nascetti & Bullini, 1982 in Lee, 2024: 27. Specimen or distribution
  • Bacillus whitei Nascetti & Bullini, 1982 in Paul, 2026: 105, 108, 111. Phylogeny or classification; Image or description; Key; Life zone and ecology data; Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (64)

  • Nascetti, G. & Bullini, L. (1982) Bacillus grandii n. sp. and B. whitei n. sp.: two new stick insects from Sicily (Cheleutoptera, Bacillidae). Bollettino dell´Istituto di Entomologia dell´Università di Bologna, 36, 245–258. Available at http://www.journals4free.com/link.jsp?l=3052352
  • Nascetti, G., Bullini, A.P.B. & Bullini, L. (1982) Ricerche elettroforetiche e cariologiche su un fasmide partenogenetico di origine ibrida, Bacillus whitei, e i suoi progenitori bisessuati, B. rossius e B. grandii. Bollettino di Zoologia, 49, 133.
  • Bullini, L., Nascetti, G. & Bullini, A.P.B. (1984) A new stick-insect of hybrid origin: Bacillus lynceorum n. sp. (Cheleutoptera: Bacillidae). Atti Accad. naz. Lincei Rend., 3-4, 169–176, figs. [1983] Available at http://bdim.dma.unina.it/item?id=RLINA_1983_8_75_3-4_169_0
  • Brock, P.D. (1985) In The Phasmid Rearer’s Handbook (Stick Insects and Leaf Insects). The Amateur Entomologists’ Society. The Amateur Entomologist Vol. 20, Feltham. 41 pp.
  • Bullini, L. (1985) Specition by hybridization in animals. Bollettino di Zoologia, 52, 121–137. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/11250008509440346
  • Bullini, L. & Nascetti, G. (1987) Speciation by hydridization in stick insects (Insecta, Phasmatodea). In M. Mazzini & V. Scali (Eds.). Stick Insects: Phylogeny and reproduction. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Stick Insects, Siena. University of Siena. pp. 179–194. [1986]
  • Masetti, M. (1987) A comparative analysis of vitellins in stick insects. In M. Mazzini & V. Scali (Eds.). Stick Insects: Phylogeny and reproduction. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Stick Insects, Siena. University of Siena. pp. 149–156. [1986]
  • Mazzini, M., Mantovani, B., Scali, V., Nascetti, G. & Bullini, L. (1987) Egg chorion of three new sicilian species of Bacillus (Insecta Phasmatodea): a scanning electron microscope study. Monitore zool. ital. (N.S.), 21, 87–98. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00269786.1987.10736522?needAccess=true&journalCode=teee19
  • Scali, V. & Marescalchi, O. (1987) Karyology and cytotaxonomy of Phasmatodea. In M. Mazzini & V. Scali (Eds.). Stick Insects: Phylogeny and reproduction. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Stick Insects, Siena. University of Siena. pp. 211–222. [1986]
  • Scali, V. & Mazzini, M. (1987) Ootaxonomy in stick insects. In M. Mazzini & V. Scali (Eds.). Stick Insects: Phylogeny and reproduction. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Stick Insects, Siena. University of Siena. pp. 157–168. [1986]
  • Bullini, L. & Nascetti, G. (1988) Speciation by hydridization in Orthopteroid insects. In B. Baccetti (Ed.). Evolutionary Biology of Orthopteroid Insects. Ellis Horwood, Chichester UK. [1987] Available at http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Evolutionary_Biology_of_Orthopteroid_Ins.html?id=UzQgAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
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  • Mantovani, B., Scali, V. & Tinti, F. (1991) Allozyme analysis and phyletic relationships of two new stick insects from north-west Sicily: Bacillus grandii benazzii and B. rossius - grandii benazzii (Insecta Phasmatodea). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 4, 279–290. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1420-9101.1991.4020279.x
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  • Marescalchi, O., Pijnacker, L.P. & Scali, V. (1991) Cytology of parthenogenesis in Bacillus whitei and Bacillus lynceorum (Insecta, Phasmatodea). Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 20, 75–81.
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  • Scali, V., Tinti, F. & Mantovani, B. (1992) From bisexual to unisexual organisms: the case of Bacillus whitei (Insecta Phasmatodea). In Sex origin and evolution. Selected Symposia and Monographs U.Z.I., Mucchi, Modena. pp. 353–368.
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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.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001