species

Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866)

Prickly Stick-insect

Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866): copyright P.D. Brock. green colour form, ex. Tresco Abbey Gardens, U.K. September 1987. (Otu).

Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866): copyright P.D. Brock. female, St. Mawes, Cornwall, UK, garden hedge, September 1987. (Otu).

Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866): copyright P.D. Brock. typical garden habitat, Galmpton, near Paignton, Devon, U.K. September 1986 [four specimens on outer branches of Cupressus]. (Otu).

Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866): Copyright Paul D. Brock. Female on Cupressus at night, Galmpton near Paignton, Devon, UK, 28.ix.2011. (Otu).

Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866): copyright MONZ, Wellington. eggs, Greymouth, 23.03.1944, J.T. Salmon. (Otu).

Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866): copyright MONZ, Wellington. eggs of synonym Acanthoxyla huttoni, Karori, 27.06.1943, J.T. Salmon. (Otu).

CollectionObject 1556958; d5b9a34f-4121-49be-9507-bc4ac6d69d4a: copyright CMNZ, Christchurch. female nymph of synonym Acanthoxyla fasciata, data label (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556958; d5b9a34f-4121-49be-9507-bc4ac6d69d4a: copyright CMNZ, Christchurch. female nymph of synonym Acanthoxyla fasciata (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556958; d5b9a34f-4121-49be-9507-bc4ac6d69d4a: copyright CMNZ, Christchurch. female nymph of synonym Acanthoxyla fasciata, thorax (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556958; d5b9a34f-4121-49be-9507-bc4ac6d69d4a: copyright CMNZ, Christchurch. female nymph of synonym Acanthoxyla fasciata, abdomen (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556959; e176f7c4-de2c-43c8-aeaf-d4b1488451ef: copyright O. Zompro. female juv. (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556960; 19b0694b-25c8-4afa-af0d-8ab59ee24aea: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female of synonym Acanthoxyla huttoni (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556960; 19b0694b-25c8-4afa-af0d-8ab59ee24aea: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female of synonym Acanthoxyla huttoni, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556960; 19b0694b-25c8-4afa-af0d-8ab59ee24aea: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female of synonym Acanthoxyla huttoni, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556960; 19b0694b-25c8-4afa-af0d-8ab59ee24aea: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female of synonym Acanthoxyla huttoni: head & thorax, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556960; 19b0694b-25c8-4afa-af0d-8ab59ee24aea: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female of synonym Acanthoxyla huttoni: end of abdomen, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556960; 19b0694b-25c8-4afa-af0d-8ab59ee24aea: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female of synonym Acanthoxyla huttoni, data labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556966; a89197eb-23aa-4902-b0f8-bc0103067a78: copyright CMNZ, Christchurch. female of synonym Acanthoxyla suteri (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556966; a89197eb-23aa-4902-b0f8-bc0103067a78: copyright CMNZ, Christchurch. female of synonym Acanthoxyla suteri, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556966; a89197eb-23aa-4902-b0f8-bc0103067a78: copyright CMNZ, Christchurch. female of synonym Acanthoxyla suteri, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556966; a89197eb-23aa-4902-b0f8-bc0103067a78: copyright CMNZ, Christchurch. female of synonym Acanthoxyla suteri: head & thorax, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556966; a89197eb-23aa-4902-b0f8-bc0103067a78: copyright CMNZ, Christchurch. female of synonym Acanthoxyla suteri, data labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556966; a89197eb-23aa-4902-b0f8-bc0103067a78: copyright CMNZ, Christchurch. female of synonym Acanthoxyla suteri: end of abdomen, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556966; a89197eb-23aa-4902-b0f8-bc0103067a78: copyright CMNZ, Christchurch. female of synonym Acanthoxyla suteri, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556966; a89197eb-23aa-4902-b0f8-bc0103067a78: copyright CMNZ, Christchurch. female of synonym Acanthoxyla suteri (syntype) NB This specimen in alcohol, matches the measurements given in Hutton 1898, although the text refers to 'a description of two specimens'. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1556966; a89197eb-23aa-4902-b0f8-bc0103067a78: copyright CMNZ, Christchurch. female of synonym Acanthoxyla suteri in alcohol (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1570400; d3492887-6687-4349-bcc2-9395393865d2: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female of synonym Acanthoxyla huttoni, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1570400; d3492887-6687-4349-bcc2-9395393865d2: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female of synonym Acanthoxyla huttoni, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1570401; d29c3453-3870-43bd-b777-c0fde8ca28f5: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female of synonym Acanthoxyla huttoni (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (124)

Bacillus geisovii Kaup, 1866: 578. (valid)
Holotype; immature; e176f7c4-de2c-43c8-aeaf-d4b1488451ef; deposited at: Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt (HLMD); New Zealand
Clitarchus gersovii [sic] (Kaup, 1866) in Stål, 1875: 83.
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Clitarchus gersovii [sic] (Kaup, 1866) (misspelling of Bacillus geisovii Kaup, 1866) in Stål, 1875: 83.
Bacillus geisovii Kaup, 1866 in Hutton, 1881: 578.
Clitarchus geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Hutton, 1898: 165. Image or description
Acanthoderus fasciatus Hutton, 1899: 58.
Holotype; immature; d5b9a34f-4121-49be-9507-bc4ac6d69d4a; deposited at: Canterbury Museum (CMNZ); New Zealand: Great Barrier Island
Acanthoderus suteri Hutton, 1899: 56.
Syntypes (n= 2); female; a89197eb-23aa-4902-b0f8-bc0103067a78; deposited at: Canterbury Museum (CMNZ); New Zealand: Morton, near Dunedin [originally as Marton, near Wanganui, North Island but see Salmon 1955:1154]
Acanthoderus geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Hutton, 1899: 57.
Acanthoderus fasciatus Hutton, 1899 in Tepper, 1903: 286. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoderus suteri Hutton, 1899 in Tepper, 1903: 286. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoderus geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Tepper, 1903: 285. Specimen or distribution
Macracantha fasciatus (Hutton, 1899) in Kirby, 1904: 340.
Macracantha suteri (Hutton, 1899) in Kirby, 1904: 340.
Macracantha geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Kirby, 1904: 340.
Acanthoderus fasciatus Hutton, 1899 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 239.
Acanthoderus suteri Hutton, 1899 (subjective synonym of Bacillus geisovii Kaup, 1866) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 239.
Acanthoderus geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 239.
Macracantha geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Kirby, 1910: 197. Specimen or distribution
Bacillus geisovii Kaup, 1866 (subjective synonym of Acanthoderus prasinus Westwood, 1859) in Günther, 1932: 756. Phylogeny or classification
Bacillus geisovii Kaup, 1866 (subjective synonym of Acanthoderus prasinus Westwood, 1859) in Uvarov, 1944: 95. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoderus suteri Hutton, 1899 in Uvarov, 1944: 94.
Acanthoxyla fasciata (Hutton, 1899) in Uvarov, 1944: 94.
Bacillus geisovii Kaup, 1866 (subjective synonym of Acanthoderus prasinus Westwood, 1859) in Rivers, 1953: 206. Specimen or distribution
Bacillus geisovii Kaup, 1866 (subjective synonym of Acanthoderus prasinus Westwood, 1859) in Rivers, 1953: 92. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla huttoni Salmon, 1955: 1155, pl. 44:5,7, pl. 46:9.
Holotype; female; 19b0694b-25c8-4afa-af0d-8ab59ee24aea; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Entomology (MONZ); New Zealand: Karori, Wellington
Acanthoderus suteri Hutton, 1899 in Salmon, 1955: 1153, pl. 44:1, pl. 45:8, pl. 46:12.
Acanthoderus fasciatus Hutton, 1899 (subjective synonym of Acanthoderus suteri Hutton, 1899) in Salmon, 1955: 1153.
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Salmon, 1955: 1154, pl. 44:6, pl. 46:16.
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Salmon, 1955: pl. 1.
Bacillus geisovii Kaup, 1866 (subjective synonym of Acanthoderus prasinus Westwood, 1859) in Crotch & Et Al., 1970: 10.
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Salmon, 1970: 70.
Bacillus geisovii Kaup, 1866 (subjective synonym of Acanthoderus prasinus Westwood, 1859) in Ragge, 1973: 228.
Bacillus geisovii Kaup, 1866 (subjective synonym of Acanthoderus prasinus Westwood, 1859) in Sellick, 1974: 46.
Acanthoderus suteri Hutton, 1899 in Wise, 1977: 50.
Acanthoxyla huttoni Salmon, 1955 in Wise, 1977: 49.
Acanthoderus fasciatus Hutton, 1899 (subjective synonym of Acanthoderus suteri Hutton, 1899) in Wise, 1977: 50.
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Wise, 1977: 49.
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Sellick, 1980: 139, fig. 80. Phylogeny or classification
Bacillus geisovii Kaup, 1866 (subjective synonym of Acanthoderus prasinus Westwood, 1859) in Brock, 1985: 5.
Bacillus geisovii Kaup, 1866 (subjective synonym of Acanthoderus prasinus Westwood, 1859) in Turk, 1985: 129.
Acanthoderus suteri Hutton, 1899 in Daniels, 1985: 756.
Bacillus geisovii Kaup, 1866 (subjective synonym of Acanthoderus prasinus Westwood, 1859) in James, 1986: 3. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Brock, 1986: 2. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Brock, 1987: 125-.
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Mantovani & Scali, 1987: 141, figs. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Scali & Mazzini, 1987: 160. Phylogeny or classification
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Marshall & Haes, 1988: 140, figs. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Sellick, 1988: 280. Phylogeny or classification
Acanthoxyla huttoni Salmon, 1955 in Palma, Lovis & Tither, 1989: 44.
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Brock, 1989: 17. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Haes, 1990: 31, App 1. Specimen or distribution; Life history
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Haes, 1991: 7. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla prasina geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Salmon, 1991: 71.
Acanthoclonia huttoni huttoni (Salmon, 1955) in Salmon, 1991: 74.
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Brock, 1991: 41, figs. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla prasina geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Haes, 1992: 371. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Brock, 1992: 58.
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Lee, 1995: 15.
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Crosby-Clark, 1995: 6. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla prasina geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Buckley, 1995: 12.
Acanthoxyla prasina geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Haes & Harding, 1997: 52. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla huttoni Salmon, 1955 in Sellick, 1998: 225. Phylogeny or classification
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Lee, 1998: 18.
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Sellick, 1998: 225. Phylogeny or classification
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Brock, 1999: 78, pl. 21b, 22a-b.
Acanthoxyla prasina geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Haes, 1999: 62. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Marshall, 1999: 36. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Harman, 2000: 18. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla prasina geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Marshall, 2001: 336. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Haes, 2002: 45.
Acanthoderus suteri Hutton, 1899 in Jewell & Brock, 2003: 193.
Acanthoxyla huttoni Salmon, 1955 in Jewell & Brock, 2003: 193.
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Jewell & Brock, 2003: 193.
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Brock, 2003: 61.
Acanthoxyla fasciata (Hutton, 1899) in Jewell & Brock, 2003: 192. Phylogeny or classification
Acanthoxyla prasina geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Zompro, 2004: 93.
Acanthoderus suteri Hutton, 1899 in Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2005: 2135.
Acanthoxyla huttoni Salmon, 1955 in Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2005: 2135.
Acanthoderus fasciatus Hutton, 1899 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 38.
Acanthoderus suteri Hutton, 1899 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 39.
Acanthoxyla huttoni Salmon, 1955 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 39.
Acanthoderus suteri Hutton, 1899 in Trewick, Goldberg & Morgan-Richards, 2005: 486.
Acanthoxyla huttoni Salmon, 1955 in Trewick, Goldberg & Morgan-Richards, 2005: 486.
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2005: 2135.
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 38.
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Trewick, Goldberg & Morgan-Richards, 2005: 486.
Acanthoxyla fasciata (Hutton, 1899) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 38. Phylogeny or classification
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Lee, 2006: 20.
Acanthoderus suteri Hutton, 1899 in Trewick, Morgan-Richards & Collins, 2008: 801. Phylogeny or classification
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Trewick, Morgan-Richards & Collins, 2008: 801. Phylogeny or classification
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Buckley, Attanayake & Bradler, 2009: 1058. Phylogeny or classification
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Lee, 2009: 16. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Rasplus & Roques, 2010: 812, fig. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Barnard, 2011: 65. Image or description
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Harman, 2012: 13. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Lee, 2012: 25, figs.. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoderus suteri Hutton, 1899 in Buckley, Hitchmough, Rolfe & Stringer, 2014: 3. Ecological data
Acanthoxyla huttoni Salmon, 1955 in Buckley, Hitchmough, Rolfe & Stringer, 2014: 2. Ecological data
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Buckley, Hitchmough, Rolfe & Stringer, 2014: 2. Ecological data
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Brock, 2014: 16, figs. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Brock, 2014: 34, figs.
Acanthoxyla fasciata (Hutton, 1899) in Buckley, Hitchmough, Rolfe & Stringer, 2014: 2.
Acanthoderus fasciatus Hutton, 1899 (subjective synonym of Bacillus geisovii Kaup, 1866) in Brock & Jewell, 2015: 13. Phylogeny or classification
Acanthoderus suteri Hutton, 1899 (subjective synonym of Bacillus geisovii Kaup, 1866) in Brock & Jewell, 2015: 13. Phylogeny or classification
Acanthoxyla huttoni Salmon, 1955 (subjective synonym of Bacillus geisovii Kaup, 1866) in Brock & Jewell, 2015: 13. Phylogeny or classification
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Sutton, 2015: 50. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Brock, 2015: 10, figs. Image or description; Ecological data; Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Brock & Jewell, 2015: 13. Phylogeny or classification
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Lee, 2015: 21. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Brock, 2016: 19. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Morgan-Richards, Hills, Biggs & Trewick, 2016: 1. Phylogeny or classification
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Brock, Lee, Morgan-Richards & Trewick, 2018: 16. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Lee, 2018: 23. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Lee, 2018: 32. Image or description; Specimen or distribution; Behavior
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 2019: 112. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Lee, 2020: 36. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Lee, 2021: 28. Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Brock, 2021: 120. Image or description
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 447, 557, figs. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Choi, 2023: 27. Phylogeny or classification
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Cubillos Pefaur, 2023: 29. Physiology
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Lee & Brock, 2024: 19. Phylogeny or classification

Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Lee, 2024: 23-24. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Acanthoderus geisovii (Kaup, 1866) in Paul, 2026: 105-106, 110. Phylogeny or classification; Life zone and ecology data; Image or description; Key; Specimen or distribution

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Descendants and synonyms

Stats

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	13	14