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Leptynia attenuata attenuata Pantel, 1890

Portugese Stick-insect
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Nomenclature (43)

  • Leptynia attenuata Pantel, 1890: 402, pl. 4:20-21, 23-27.

    Lectotype; male; 9b0577fb-acaa-4d93-8b0e-c160b09ba37a; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Portugal: San Fiel

  • Leptynia attenuata Pantel, 1890 in Bolívar, 1897: 211. Specimen or distribution; Key
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  • Leptynia attenuata attenuata Pantel, 1890 in Delfosse, Cliquennois, Depraetere & Robillard, 2019: 190. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
  • Leptynia attenuata attenuata Pantel, 1890 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 284, 508, figs. Image or description; Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (43)

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  • 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. & Delfosse, E. (2005) A list of Pantel's phasmid type material in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Phasmida). Revue Française d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Série), 27(2), 49–56. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/318129695_A_list_of_Pantel%27s_Phasmid_type_material_in_the_Museum_National_d%27Histoire_Naturelle_Paris_Phasmida
  • 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.
  • Brock, P.D. (1989) Distribution of European and Mediterranean Stick Insects of the genera Bacillus, Clonopsis and Leptynia. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 38, 12–17.
  • Brock, P.D. (1992) New Edition. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist. The Amateur Entomologists' Society, London, Vol. 22, 73 pp. Available at http://shop.amentsoc.org/rearing-and-studying-stick-and-leaf-insects.html
  • Brock, P.D. (1993) Studies in the stick-insects of the genus Leptynia in Spain. Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society, 52(389), 165–171, pls. y-z. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/179018#page/233/mode/1up
  • Brock, P.D. (1998) Catalogue of type-specimens of Stick- and Leaf-Insects in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Insecta: Phasmida). Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien: Vol. 13(5). Naturhistorischen Museum Wien, 72 pp. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/kat-nhmw_13_0003-0072.pdf
  • Brock, P.D. (1999) In The amazing world of stick and leaf-insects. The Amateur Entomologists' Society, Orpington. Vol. 26, 1–165; 40 pp color plates. Available at http://shop.amentsoc.org/the-amazing-world-of-stick-and-leaf-insects.html
  • 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. (2017) In A photographic guide to insects of southern Europe & the Mediterranean. Pisces Publications, Newbury. Available at http://www.naturebureau.co.uk/a-photographic-guide-to-insects-of-southern-europe-and-the-mediterranean
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  • Delfosse, E., Cliquennois, N., Depraetere, M. & Robillard, T. (2019) Catalogue des types de la collection de phasmes du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris (Insecta, Phasmatodea). Zoosystema, 41(11), 181–235. Available at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/41/11
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