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Obriminae
Hoplocloniini
Hoploclonia
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859)

species

Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859)

Gecko Stick-insect

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Nomenclature (25)

Acanthoderus gecko Westwood, 1859: 52, pl. 26:6-7.
Lectotype; female; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 845216; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Stål, 1875: 92.
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Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Stål, 1875: 8.
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Kirby, 1904: 399.
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Redtenbacher, 1906: 46, pl. 1:10.
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Rehn & Rehn, 1939: 466.
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Bragg, 1991: 13.
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Bragg, 1992: 298.
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Bragg, 1993: 40.
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Schulten, 1995: 105, figs..
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Bragg, 1995: 27.
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Bragg, 1995: 51. Life history
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Bragg, 1998: 43.
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Sellick, 1998: 208. Phylogeny or classification
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Bragg, 2001: 120, figs. 30-31.
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, 2003: 70.
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Zompro, 2004: 207, figs..
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 161.
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Abercrombie, 2010: 7. Specimen or distribution
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Harman, 2012: 13. Specimen or distribution
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 171. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2016: 420, figs. Image or description
Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2019

Hoploclonia gecko (Westwood, 1859) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 319, 520, fig. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Acanthoderus gecko Westwood, 1859 in Seow-Choen, 2025: 357. Image or description; Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (25)

Abercrombie, I. (2010) Kubah National Park. Phasma, 20(77), 7–9.
Bragg, P.E. (1991) Species Report: PSG No. 110: Hoploclonia gecko. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 48, 13–15.
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Bragg, P.E. (1992) Phasmida from Bako National Park. The Sarawak Museum Journal, 43(64), 295–319. Available at http://phasmid-study-group.org/sites/phasmid-study-group.org/files/Bragg,%20P.E.%20(1992)%20Sarawak%20Museum%20Journal,%2043(64)%20295-319.pdf

Bragg, P.E. (1993) Parasites of Phasmida. The Entomologist, 112(1), 37–42. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/349039160_Parasites_of_Phasmida

Bragg, P.E. (1995) The culture of Bornean phasmids. Phasmid Studies, 4(2), 50–53. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207262#page/52/mode/1up

Bragg, P.E. (1995) The Phasmid genus Hoploclonia Stål from Borneo, including the description of two new species. Entomologist’s monthly Magazine, 131, 25–39. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/351876418_The_phasmid_genus_Hoploclonia_Stal_from_Borneo_including_the_description_of_two_new_species

Bragg, P.E. (1998) A revision of the Heteropteryginae (Insecta: Phasmida: Bacillidae) of Borneo, with the description of a new genus and ten species. Zoologische Verhandlingen, 316, 1–135. Available at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/148998

Bragg, P.E. (2001) Phasmids of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 771 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/book/phasmids-of-borneo/

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. (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., 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

Harman, A.J.E. (2012) The Development of the Phasmid Species List Part Three. PSG No. 101 - PSG No. 150. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 128, 13–15.

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

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

Rehn, J.A.G. & Rehn, J.W.H. (1939) The Orthoptera of the Philippine Islands. Part I. - Phasmatidae: Obriminae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 90, 389–487, pls. 31–38. [1938] Available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/4064256?seq=1

Schulten, D. (1995) In Wandelnde Blätter, Stab- und Gespenstschrecken. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Löbbecke-Museum and Aquazoo. Vol. 3, 1–132 pp. [in German] Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologie-heute_BH_3_0001-0132.pdf

Sellick, J.T.C. (1998) The micropylar plate of the eggs of Phasmida, with a survey of the range of plate form within the order. Systematic Entomology, 23, 203–228. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-3113.1998.00056.x

Seow-Choen, F. (2016) A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, 454 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/book/taxonomic-guide-stick-insects-borneo/

Seow-Choen, F. (2019) A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo: Vol. III. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, 278 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/book/a-taxonomic-guide-to-the-stick-insects-of-borneo-vol-3/

Seow-Choen, F. (2025) A Photographic Guide: Stick Insects of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), 387 pp.

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. (1875) Recherches sur le Système des Phasmides. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 2(17), 1–19. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49927#page/573/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

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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	1	2