species

Diapherodes giganteus (Gmelin, 1789)

Giant Lime Green Stick-insect

Nomenclature (15)

Mantis gigantea Gmelin, 1789: 2055. (valid)
Holotype; female; 77a23e42-6f51-4e0b-b7c4-253a0a1649d9; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);
Mantis gigantea Gmelin, 1789 (subjective synonym of Mantis gigas Drury, 1773) in Gray, 1835: 33. Phylogeny or classification
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Diapherodes gigantea (Gmelin, 1789) in Shelomi, Sitepu, Boundy-Mills & Kimsey, 2015: 2. Structure
Diapherodes gigantea (Gmelin, 1789) in Hennemann, Conle & Perez-Gelabert, 2016: 62. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification

Nomenclature references (15)

Gmelin, J.F. (1789) In Caroli a Linné, ... Systema Naturae per Regna Tria naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, com Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis: Vol. 1(4). J. B. Delamolliere, Lugduni [=Leiden]. 1517–2224 pp.
Gray, G.R. (1835) Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, London, 48 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8697
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Harman, A.J.E. (2013) The Development of the Phasmid Species List Part Six: PSG No.251 - PSG No. 300. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 131, 12–14.

Hennemann, F.H., Conle, O.V. & Perez-Gelabert, D.E. (2016) Studies on Neotropical Phasmatodea XVI: Revision of Haplopodini Günther, 1953 (rev. stat.), with notes on the subfamily Cladomorphinae Bradley & Galil, 1977 and the descriptions of a new tribe, four new genera and nine new species (Phasmatodea: “Anareolatae”: Phasmatidae: Cladomorphinae). Zootaxa, 4128(1), 1–211. Available at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/issue/view/zootaxa.4128.1

Jackson, M. (2014) Phasmid growth study - Diapherodes gigantea. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 132, 8–9, figs.

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

Langlois, F. & Lelong, P. (2010) Contribution à la connaissance des Phasmatodea de Dominique et de Sainte-Lucie. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 115(1), 59–72. Available at http://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_2010_num_115_1_2833?q=Phasmatodea

Langlois, F., Lelong, P. & Dorel, E. (2006) In Phasmatodea of Saint Lucia. Asper. 1–64 pp. Available at http://pagesperso-orange.fr/philippe.lelong/antilles/pub_ant.html

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

Rabaey, K. & Simoens, R. (2012) Species report 45: PSG 260 Diapherodes gigantea (Gmelin, 1788). Phasma, 22(84), 5–7.

Ragge, D.R. (1955) The wing-venation of the order Phasmida. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 106(9), 375–392, 12 figs. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1955.tb01272.x

Redtenbacher, J. (1908) Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). In Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden: Vol. III. Verlag Engelmann, Leipzig. 339–589, pls 16–27. [in German] Available at http://www.archive.org/details/DieInsektenfamilieDerPhasmiden.Vol.Iii.PhasmidaeAnareolatae

Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1938) New genera and species of West Indian Mantidae and Phasmidae (Orthoptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 64, 33–55, pl. 3–4. Available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25077407?refreqid=excelsior%3Ab581c85a196b51c4757210053add95c1&seq=1

Shelomi, M., Sitepu, I.R., Boundy-Mills, K.L. & Kimsey, L.S. (2015) Review of the Gross Anatomy and Microbiology of the Phasmatodea Digestive Tract. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 24(1), 1–12. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/281469903_Review_of_the_Gross_Anatomy_and_Microbiology_of_the_Phasmatodea_Digestive_Tract
Wolcott, G.N. (1948) In The insects of Puerto Rico. J. Agricult. Univ. Puerto Rico. Vol. 33, 1–975 pp. Available at http://revistas.upr.edu/index.php/jaupr/article/view/13611/11257

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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	2	3
subspecies	2	0	6	8