Root
Animalia
Neoptera
Polyneoptera
Orthopterida
Phasmida
Euphasmatodea
Bacilloidea
Heteropterygidae
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.

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)

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
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

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

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

Bragg, P.E. (1991) Species Report: PSG No. 110: Hoploclonia gecko. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 48, 13–15.

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

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

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

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

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. (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

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

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

Abercrombie, I. (2010) Kubah National Park. Phasma, 20(77), 7–9.

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.

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

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/

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

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