species

Macynia labiata (Thunberg, 1784)

Thunberg's Stick-insect

Macynia labiata (Thunberg, 1784): female (Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, near Cape Town). (Otu).

CollectionObject 1559611; bf7d6acf-fc78-4e5e-9f0e-c62fc7cd805e: copyright UZIU, Uppsala. male of Mantis labiata (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559611; bf7d6acf-fc78-4e5e-9f0e-c62fc7cd805e: copyright UZIU, Uppsala. male of Mantis labiata, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559613; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 845180, 8e05dfd0-47c3-4802-9499-587f5f9deb8a: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male of synonym Bacillus stellenboschus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (37)

Mantis labiata Thunberg, 1784: 61. (valid)
Holotype; male; bf7d6acf-fc78-4e5e-9f0e-c62fc7cd805e; deposited at: Uppsala University (UZIU); Unknown [likely South Africa, Capetown area]
Phasma labiata (Thunberg, 1784) in Thunberg, 1815: 299.
... Show all ... (33)

Bacillus capensis Audinet-Serville, 1838: 257.
Syntype; e9d526ad-a973-454c-b3b5-befb8a98c0d5; Cape of Good Hope
Bacillus capensis Audinet-Serville, 1838 (subjective synonym of Bacillus brevis Burmeister, 1838) in Burmeister, 1840: 39.
Phasma (Bacillus) capense (Audinet-Serville, 1838) in Haan, 1842: 137.
Bacillus stellenboschus Westwood, 1859: 5, pl. 2:4.
Holotype; male; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 845180; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); 'Promont Bonae Spei'
Bacillus capensis Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Westwood, 1859: 5.
Phasma labiata (Thunberg, 1784) in Westwood, 1859: 183.
Macynia labiata (Thunberg, 1784) in Stål, 1875: 103. Phylogeny or classification
Macynia labiata (Thunberg, 1784) in Stål, 1876: 76. Phylogeny or classification
Clonaria capensis (Audinet-Serville, 1838) in Kirby, 1904: 338.
Phthoa stellenboschus (Westwood, 1859) in Kirby, 1904: 332.
Macynia labiata (Thunberg, 1784) in Kirby, 1904: 332. Phylogeny or classification
Macynia labiata (Thunberg, 1784) in Redtenbacher, 1906: 32, pl. 3: 8-9. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Bacillus capensis Audinet-Serville, 1838 (subjective synonym of Bacillus gramineus Bates, 1865) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 230.
Leptinia [sic] stellenboscha (Westwood, 1859) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 231.
Macynia lobata [sic] Thunberg, 1784 in Günther, 1957: 89.
Macynia lobata [sic] Thunberg, 1784 (misspelling of Mantis labiata Thunberg, 1784) in Günther, 1957: 89.
Macynia lobata [sic] Thunberg, 1784 in Schoeman, 1985: 29.
Macynia lobata [sic] Thunberg, 1784 in Schoeman, 1985: 98. Specimen or distribution
Macynia labiata (Thunberg, 1784) in Bristow, 1988: 107. Image or description
Bacillus capensis Audinet-Serville, 1838 (subjective synonym of Mantis labiata Thunberg, 1784) in Brock, 2000: 4.
Bacillus stellenboschus Westwood, 1859 (subjective synonym of Mantis labiata Thunberg, 1784) in Brock, 2000: 4.
Macynia labiata (Thunberg, 1784) in Brock, 2000: 4. Image or description
Macynia labiata (Thunberg, 1784) in Brock, 2003: 227. Image or description
Macynia labiata (Thunberg, 1784) in Brock, 2003: 68. Image or description
Bacillus capensis Audinet-Serville, 1838 (subjective synonym of Mantis labiata Thunberg, 1784) in Zompro, 2004: 263. Phylogeny or classification
Bacillus stellenboschus Westwood, 1859 (subjective synonym of Mantis labiata Thunberg, 1784) in Zompro, 2004: 263. Phylogeny or classification
Macynia labiata (Thunberg, 1784) in Picker, Griffiths & Weaving, 2004: 110. Image or description
Macynia labiata (Thunberg, 1784) in Zompro, 2004: 263. Specimen or distribution
Bacillus capensis Audinet-Serville, 1838 (subjective synonym of Mantis labiata Thunberg, 1784) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 189.
Bacillus stellenboschus Westwood, 1859 (subjective synonym of Mantis labiata Thunberg, 1784) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 189.
Macynia labiata (Thunberg, 1784) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 188. Phylogeny or classification
Macynia labiata (Thunberg, 1784) in Brock, 2006: 37. Key; Phylogeny or classification
Bacillus stellenboschus Westwood, 1859 (subjective synonym of Mantis labiata Thunberg, 1784) in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 197. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution

Macynia labiata (Thunberg, 1784) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 290, 506. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Macynia labiata (Thunberg, 1784) in Cliquennois & Bradler, 2022: 1189. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (27)

Audinet-Serville, J.G. (1838) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Orthoptères. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 1–776, pls 1–14. [1839; in French] Available at http://www.archive.org/details/histoirenaturel01guilgoog
Bates, H.W. (1865) Descriptions of fifty-two new species of Phasmidae from the collection of Mr W. Wilson Saunders, with remarks on the family. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 25(2), 321–359, pls. 44–46. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87719#page/366/mode/1up
... Show all ... (23)

Bristow, D. (1988) In The Natural history of Southern Africa. Struick Publishers, Cape Town.

Brock, P.D. & Büscher, T.H. (2022) Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids. NAP Editions, France: Verrières-le-Buisson, 612 pp. Available at http://www.napeditions.com/en/67-stick-and-leaf-insects-of-the-world.html

Brock, P.D. (2000) Stick-Insects (Phasmida) from the Cape-Town area, South Africa. Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society, 59(428), 2–12, pl. 00A–00D. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/179091#page/28/mode/1up

Brock, P.D. (2003) Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. Revised Edition. The Amateur Entomologists' Society, London, Vol. 22, 89 pp. Available at http://shop.amentsoc.org/rearing-and-studying-stick-and-leaf-insects.html

Brock, P.D. (2003) Phasmida (Stick and leaf insects). In Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Insects. Gale Group. pp. 221–231. Available at http://lemondedesphasmes.free.fr/IMG/pdf/sp657794.pdf

Brock, P.D. (2006) Three new species of South African stick insects (Phasmida). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 15(1), 37–44. Available at http://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-orthoptera-research/volume-15/issue-1/1082-6467(2006)15[37:TNSOSA]2.0.CO;2/Three-new-species-of-South-African-stick-insects-Phasmida/10.1665/1082-6467(2006)15[37:TNSOSA]2.0.CO;2.full

Brock, P.D., Marshall, J.A., Beccaloni, G.W. & Harman, A.J.E. (2016) The types of Phasmida in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Zootaxa, 4179(2), 151–208. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/309585799_The_types_of_Phasmida_in_the_Natural_History_Museum_London_UK

Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1907) Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). In Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden: Vol. II. Verlag Engelmann, Leipzig. 181–338, pls 7–15. [in German] Available at http://www.archive.org/details/DieInsektenfamilieDerPhasmiden.Vol.Ii.PhasmidaeAnareolataeclitumnini

Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) In Handbuch der Entomologie. T.C.F. Enslin, Berlin. Vol. 2, 457–756 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8135

Burmeister, H.C.C. (1840) Audinet-Serville, histoire naturelle des Orthoptères. Paris. 1839. 8 verglichen mit H. Burmeister, Handbuch d. Entomologie II. Bd. 2. Abth., 1. Halfte, (vulgo Orthoptera). Berlin 1838. 8. Germar’s Zeitschrift für die Entomologie, 2, 1–82. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79083#page/7/mode/1up

Cliquennois, N. & Bradler, S. (2022) Phasmatodea, Stick and Leaf Insects. In S.M. Goodman & Et Al. (Eds.). The New Natural History of Madagascar. Princeton University Press. pp. 1189–1201.

de Haan, W. (1842) Bijdragen to de kennis der Orthoptera. In Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen. In commissie bij S. en J. Luchtmans, en C.C. van der Hoek, Leiden. Vol. 3, pp. 95–138. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/200624#page/577/mode/1up

Günther, K. (1957) Chapter III Phasmatoptera. In B. Hanstrom, P. Brinck, & G. Rudebeck (Eds.). South African Animal life, results of the Lund University expedition in 1950-51. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm.

Kirby, W.F. (1904) A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae). The Trustees of the British Museum, London, Vol. 1, 501 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29661

Otte, D. & Brock, P.D. (2005) In Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world. The Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 414 pp. Available at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24725959-phasmida-species-file

Picker, M.D., Griffiths, C.L. & Weaving, A. (2004) In Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town. 1–444 pp. Available at http://www.struik.co.za/book.book.detail.action?id=1384

Redtenbacher, J. (1906) Phasmidae Areolatae. In Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. Vol. 1, 1–180, pls 1–6. [in German] Available at http://www.archive.org/details/DieInsektenfamilieDerPhasmidenVol.1

Schoeman, A.S. (1985) Praying Mantids and Stick Insects. De Jager-Haum, Pretoria, 47 pp.

Schoeman, A.S. (1985) Phasmatodea. In C.H. Scholtz & E. Holm (Eds.). Insects of Southern Africa. Butterworth & Heinemann. pp. 96–98.

Stål, C. (1875) Recensio orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, DeGeer et Thunberg. 3. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 32, 1–105. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924018284798

Stål, C. (1876) Bidrag till södra Afrikas Orthopter-fauna. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 3, 29–76. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100513#page/216/mode/1up

Thunberg, C.P. (1784) In Dissertatio entomologica novas insectorum species, sistens : cuius partem primam [-sextam] : Cons. Exper. Facult. Med. Upsal., publice ventilandam exhibent. Edman, Upsaliae. Issue 3. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45279#page/13/mode/1up

Thunberg, C.P. (1815) Hemipterorum maxillosorum genera illustrata plurimisque novis speciebus ditata ac descripta. Mémoires de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, 5, 211–301, pl. 3. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44403#page/257/mode/1up

Westwood, J.O. (1859) Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. British Museum, London, 196 pp, 48 pl. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofortho00brituoft
Zompro, O. (2004) Revision of the genera of the Areolatae, including the status of Timema and Agathemera (Insecta, Phasmatodea). Goecke & Evers, Keltern-Weiler, Germany, 327 pp. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/313233330_Revision_of_the_genera_of_the_Areolatae_including_the_status_of_Timema_and_Agathemera_Insecta_Phasmatodea

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

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	9	10