species
Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906)
Thorny Stick Insect
Nomenclature (56)
- Obrimus asperrimus Redtenbacher, 1906: 41, pl. 1:4-5.
Syntypes (n= 2); female; 52b14680-d74e-4ee4-9dda-e4240a547fc5; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Kina-Balu. Syntypes (n= 4); male; bd009287-fdde-49c0-ac43-906b5fea7f5f; deposited at: Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg (ZIN); Kina-Balu. Syntypes (n= 2); female; 58a4cce3-af5c-4c59-bcba-c0a350b1f359; deposited at: Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg (ZIN); Kina-Balu. Syntype; male; 9cbf6875-3b35-4be8-8e46-d772dcb03ca1; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); Kina-Balu. Syntype; female; 80eb5d10-66c3-42f3-a65f-cba3849133e5; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); Kina-Balu. Syntypes (n= 4); male; 9cdd04ce-415b-4ede-a98d-e7eab00476dd; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Kina-Balu. Syntypes (n= 3); female; 99c77bbb-7b57-405b-9d1e-c4d665f07d07; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Kina-Balu. Syntype; female; NMW No. 37; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Kina Balu
- Obrimus asperrimus Redtenbacher, 1906 in Dohrn, 1910: 398.
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- Obrimus asperrimus Redtenbacher, 1906 in Chopard, 1920: 163-164, 257-258. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
- Obrimus asperrimus Redtenbacher, 1906 in Günther, 1935: 123. Specimen or distribution
- Aretaon (Aretaon) asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Rehn & Rehn, 1939: 421.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Bragg, 1991: 18-21.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Bragg, 1991: 76-80.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Jennings, 1992: 26-30.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Schulten, 1995: 103, figs..
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Leclercq, 1995: 18.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Bragg, 1995: 4.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Bragg, 1995: 51. Life history
- Obrimus asperrimus Redtenbacher, 1906 in Frantsevich & Cruse, 1997: 447.
- Aretaon asperimus [sic] Redtenbacher, 1906 in Sellick, 1998: 208.
- Aretaon asperimus [sic] Redtenbacher, 1906 (misspelling of Obrimus asperrimus Redtenbacher, 1906) in Sellick, 1998: 208.
- Aretaon (Aretaon) asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Bragg, 1998: 33.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Brock, 1998: 15.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Seow-Choen, 1998: 89.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Lipinski, Greven, Schulten & Löser, 1999: 100, figs..
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Brock, 2000: 54, figs.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Seiler, Bradler & Koch, 2000: 47, figs.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Delfosse, 2000: 19, fig. Life history
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Zompro, 2000: 61.
- Aretaon (Aretaon) asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Bragg, 2001: 104, figs. 25, 26.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Bragg & Bushell, 2002: 1.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Baxter, 2002: 4, 32, figs.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Alderton, 2002: 17, fig. Image or description
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Anonymous, 2002: 8. Life history
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Whiting, Bradler & Maxwell, 2003: 265.
- Aretaon (Aretaon) asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Brock, 2003: 34, fig..
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Delfosse, 2003: 16.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Blaesing & Cruse, 2004: 1273.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Blaesing, 2004: 173.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Blaesing & Cruse, 2004: 173.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Zompro, 2004: 214, figs.. Phylogeny or classification
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Low, 2005: 12, figs..
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 50.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Blaesing, 2006: 265.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Noramly, Maklarin, Lapidin & Butit, 2006: 27, fig..
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Mujagic, Krause & Duerr, 2007: 313.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Brock, 2007: 48.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Jeck & Cruse, 2007: 724. Physiology
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Harman, 2012: 13. Specimen or distribution
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Shelomi, Jasper, Atallah, Kimsey & Johnson, 2014: 2. Structure
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Theunissen, Hertrich, Wiljes, Zell, Behler, Krause, Bekemeier, Cimiano, Botsch & Dürr, 2014: 308.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Shelomi, Sitepu, Boundy-Mills & Kimsey, 2015: 2. Structure
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Theunissen, Bekemeier & Dürr, 2015: 340.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Shelomi, Heckel & Pauchet, 2016: 7. Physiology
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Shelomi, Danchin, Heckel, Wipfler, Bradler, Zhou & Pauchet, 2016: 1.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Seow-Choen, 2016: 412, figs. Image or description
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Büscher, Buckley, Grohmann, Gorb & Bradler, 2018: 1-11.
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Delfosse, Cliquennois, Depraetere & Robillard, 2019: 190. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Seow-Choen, 2019
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 520. Specimen or distribution
- Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Hennemann, 2023: 6, figs.
- Obrimus asperrimus Redtenbacher, 1906 in Seow-Choen, 2025: 350. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
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Descendants and synonyms
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| species | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |