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- Acrophylla Gray, 1835
genus
Acrophylla Gray, 1835
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Type
Phasma titan MacLeay, 1826 type species by subsequent designation of Acrophylla Gray, 1835
Nomenclature (51)
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835: 38.
type species by subsequent designation Phasma titan MacLeay, 1826 in Kirby, 1904
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Audinet-Serville, 1838: 231.
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- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Westwood, 1859: 113.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Stål, 1875: 34.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Stål, 1875: 8, 14.
- Vetilia Stål, 1875: 36, 84.
type species by original monotypy Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Rainbow, 1897: 40.
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 in Rainbow, 1897: 44.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Kirby, 1904: 388.
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 in Kirby, 1904: 393.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Redtenbacher, 1908: 455.
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 in Redtenbacher, 1908: 463 [part].
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Karny, 1923: 240.
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 in Karny, 1923: 240.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Günther, 1929: 626.
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 in Günther, 1929: 626.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Ragge, 1955: 377. Phylogeny or classification
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 in Ragge, 1955: 377. Phylogeny or classification
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Key, 1960: 236.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in China & Riley, 1962: 19.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Bradley & Galil, 1977: 194.
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 in Bradley & Galil, 1977: 194.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Sellick, 1979: 327. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 in Sellick, 1979: 327. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 in Sellick, 1980: 124. Phylogeny or classification
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Vanschuytbroeck & Cools, 1981: 17. Specimen or distribution
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Vickery, 1983: 3.
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 in Vickery, 1983: 11.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Sellick, 1987: 138. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Sellick, 1997: 121. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification; Key
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 in Sellick, 1997: 118. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification; Key
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Balderson, Rentz & Roach, 1998: 360.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Herwaarden, 1998: 87.
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 in Herwaarden, 1998: 87.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Bragg, 2001: 628.
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 in Bragg, 2001: 644.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Zompro, 2004: 304.
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 in Zompro, 2004: 323.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 40.
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 339.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 72.
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 (subjective synonym of Acrophylla Gray, 1835) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 72.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Hennemann & Conle, 2008: 31.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Chen & He, 2008: 343 [English 453].
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 (subjective synonym of Acrophylla Gray, 1835) in Hennemann & Conle, 2008: 31.
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2009: 164. Key
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 in Buckley, Attanayake, Nylander & Bradler, 2010: 217. Phylogeny or classification
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Conle & Hennemann, 2018: 102. Phylogeny or classification
- Vetilia Stål, 1875 (subjective synonym of Acrophylla Gray, 1835) in Conle & Hennemann, 2018: 103. Phylogeny or classification
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Williams, 2020: 30, pl. 68; 127. Image or description
- Acrophylla Gray, 1835 in Coupland & Emmott, 2025: 373-374. Phylogeny or classification
Nomenclature references (33)
- Audinet-Serville, J.G. (1838) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Orthoptères. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 1–776, pls 1–14. [1839; in French] Available at http://www.archive.org/details/histoirenaturel01guilgoog
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- Bradley, J.C. & Galil, B.S. (1977) The taxonomic arrangement of the Phasmatodea with keys to the subfamilies and tribes. Proceedings of the Entomological Society, Washington, 79(2), 176–208. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16301624#page/194/mode/1up
- 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. & Hasenpusch, J.W. (2007) Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography. Zootaxa, 1570, 1–84. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/287837852_Studies_on_the_Australian_stick_insects_Phasmida_including_a_checklist_of_species_and_bibliography
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- Conle, O.V. & Hennemann, F.H. (2018) A new species of the genus Acrophylla GRAY, 1835 from Larat Island, Indonesia (Phasmatodea: Anareolatae: Phasmatidae: Phasmatinae: Phasmatini). Polish Journal of Entomology, 76, 101–118. Available at http://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/A-new-species-of-the-genus-Acrophylla-Gray%2C-1835-Conle-Hennemann/5727bd45ca7a593948e92926943423ce8b06f9a8
- Coupland, R. & Emmott, A. (2025) A new giant species of Acrophylla Gray, 1835 (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Phasmatini) from the highlands of the Wet Tropics, Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa, 5647(4), 371–383. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/392735164_A_new_giant_species_of_Acrophylla_Gray_1835_Phasmida_Phasmatidae_Phasmatini_from_the_highlands_of_the_Wet_Tropics_Queensland_Australia
- 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
- Günther, K. (1929) Die Phasmoiden der Deutschen Kaiserin Augusta-Fluss-Expedition 1912/13. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Phasmoidenfauna Neuguineas. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 14, 600–747, pl. 1–7.
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- Herwaarden, H.M.C.V. (1998) A guide to the genera of stick- and leaf-Insects (Insecta: Phasmida) of New Guinea and the surrounding islands. SCIENCE IN NEW GUINEA, 24(2), 55–114. Available at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fiji/pdf/vanheerwarden1998.pdf
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Descendants and synonyms
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| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| species | 10 | 0 | 22 | 32 | |