species

Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855)

Lord Howe Island Stick-insect

Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855): Melbourne Zoo culture stock 2006. Female, dorsal view [Ball's Pyramid stock]. (Otu).

Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855): Culture stock Melbourne Zoo 2006. Female nymph, dorsal view. (Otu).

Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855): Melbourne Zoo culture stock 2006. Egg: dorsal view. (Otu).

Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855): Egg showing operculum, Melbourne Zoo culture stock. Egg: view of operculum. (Otu).

Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855): Original description from Montrouzier 1855. (Otu).

Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855): copyright Natural History Museum, London. female (non type, Lord Howe Island). (Otu).

Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855): copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, lateral view (non type, Lord Howe Island). (Otu).

Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855): copyright Natural History Museum, London. male (non type, Lord Howe Island). (Otu).

Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855): copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, lateral view (non type, Lord Howe Island). (Otu).

Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855): copyright Natural History Museum, London. eggs (non type, Lord Howe Island). (Otu).

CollectionObject 1558528; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 844951, e0b7f367-cf6b-49f5-b95a-5ec7d3ee494e: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male nymph of synonym Eubulides spuria (possible holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (64)

Karabidion australe Montrouzier, 1855: 81. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Syntype; male; 563537b2-37df-40c2-9db0-e037388b67af; Australia: 'House-Island' [Lord Howe Island]. Syntype; female; da2663ca-468c-4974-9231-d20be56045d8; Australia: 'House-Island' [Lord Howe Island]
Eurycantha australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Westwood, 1859: 65, pl. 1:1-2. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
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Karabidion australe Montrouzier, 1855 in Etheridge, 1889: 31. Specimen or distribution
Eurycantha australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Rainbow, 1897: 38. Phylogeny or classification
Eurycantha (Karabidion) australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Sharp, 1898: 274, fig. 160. Phylogeny or classification
Karabidion australis Montrouzier, 1855 in Tepper, 1903: 284. Specimen or distribution
Karabidion australe Montrouzier, 1855 in Kirby, 1904: 395. Phylogeny or classification
Eubulides spuria Kirby, 1904: 441. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Holotype; immature; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 844951; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Brazil: Nova Hollandia
Eubulides spuria Kirby, 1904: 395. Phylogeny or classification
Carabidion [sic] australe Montrouzier, 1855 in Redtenbacher, 1908: 340. Phylogeny or classification
Karabidion australe Montrouzier, 1855 in Lea, 1916: 145, pl. 9:17. Specimen or distribution
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Gurney, 1947: 388, figs. 10-12. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Paramonov, 1963: 361. Specimen or distribution
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in McAlpine, 1967: 71. Specimen or distribution
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Smithers, 1970: 252. Specimen or distribution
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Key, 1970: 358. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Healy & Smithers, 1971: 24. Ecological data
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Bedford, 1978: 140. Specimen or distribution
Eurycantha australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Sellick, 1980: 112. Phylogeny or classification
Eubulides spuria Kirby, 1904 in Vickery, 1983: 6. Phylogeny or classification
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Vickery, 1983: 6. Phylogeny or classification
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Carlberg, 1986: 9. Specimen or distribution
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Carwardine, 1995: 235. Specimen or distribution
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Rentz, 1996: 249, figs., 256. Image or description
Eubulides spuria Kirby, 1904 in Balderson, Rentz & Roach, 1998: 367. Phylogeny or classification
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Balderson, Rentz & Roach, 1998: 367. Phylogeny or classification
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Brock, 1999: 26, fig 14. Image or description
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Humphrey, 2001: 6. Image or description
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Priddel, Carlile, Humphrey, Fellenberg & Hiscox, 2003: 1391. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Eubulides spuria Kirby, 1904 (subjective synonym of Karabidion australe Montrouzier, 1855) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 131.
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 130. Phylogeny or classification
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Cox, 2005: 8, figs.. Image or description
Eubulides spuria Kirby, 1904 (subjective synonym of Karabidion australe Montrouzier, 1855) in Hennemann & Conle, 2006: 42.
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Honan, 2006: 1. Life history
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Hennemann & Conle, 2006: 40, figs.. Phylogeny or classification
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Pain, 2006: 42. Specimen or distribution
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Robertson, 2006: 781. Specimen or distribution
Eubulides spuria Kirby, 1904 (subjective synonym of Karabidion australe Montrouzier, 1855) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 72.
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Honan, 2007: 13, figs. Life history
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Honan, 2007: 258. Life history
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Honan, 2008: 399. Life history
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Henderson, Henderson & Sinclair, 2008: 86, fig.. Life history
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Buckley, Attanayake & Bradler, 2009: 1056, figs 1a-b. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2009: 19, 35, 74-75 figs.. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution; Life history; Behavior
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Carlile, Priddel & Honan, 2009: S124. Specimen or distribution
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Egerton & Lochman, 2009: 367. Specimen or distribution
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Priddel & Carlile, 2010: 17. Specimen or distribution
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Lonsdale, 2010: 5. Ecological data
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Smith, 2012: 26, figs.. Image or description; Ecological data; Life history
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Smith, 2012: 35, figs.. Image or description; Ecological data; Life history
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Wilkinson, 2014: 1. Image or description; Ecological data; Life history
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Bradler, 2015: 1, fig.. Phylogeny or classification
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Cleave & Tulloch, 2015: 1. Image or description; Ecological data
Eubulides spuria Kirby, 1904 (subjective synonym of Karabidion australe Montrouzier, 1855) in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 197. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Mikheyev, Zwick, Magrath, Grau, Qiu, Su & Yeates, 2017: 1. Phylogeny or classification
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Smith, 2017: 16. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Rudolf & Brock, 2017: e.T6852A21426226. Ecological data; Specimen or distribution
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Bower, Carlile, Cleave, Haselden, Hiscox & O'Neill, 2018: 189. Specimen or distribution
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Bayley, Cheng & Lynch, 2018: 719. Behavior
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Flemons, Wills, Gray, Pearce, Priebbenow, Priebbenow, Mattick, Bell, Köhler, Bower, Hutton, Bannigan & Stephens, 2018: 77, figs. Specimen or distribution
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Smith, 2019: 6, figs. Economic matters
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Tiffin, 2019: 22. Specimen or distribution

Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in O'Hanlon, Jones & Bulbert, 2020: 2, fig. Image or description
Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 469, 558, figs. Image or description; Specimen or distribution

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Descendants and synonyms

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	Names
Rank	Total	Valid	Invalid
species	7	1	6