species

Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835

Giant Acrophylla Stick-insect

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CollectionObject 1562320; 512ec891-ed0b-40be-a603-57135b9564e5: copyright OUMNH. female, dorsal view of Acrophylla enceladus (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1562321; a0fe8cae-f149-464f-8193-36e5eba2400e: copyright OUMNH. female, dorsal view of Acrophylla enceladus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

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CollectionObject 1562322; 3e954160-f993-422b-b3a8-0f4b51d33015: copyright NHRS, Stockholm. female of synonym Vetilia eurymedon (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (29)

Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835: 39. Phylogeny or classification; Image or description
Syntype; male; 512ec891-ed0b-40be-a603-57135b9564e5; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Brazil: Nova Hollandia . Syntype; female; a0fe8cae-f149-464f-8193-36e5eba2400e; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Brazil: Nova Hollandia
Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835 in Gray, 1837: 144. Phylogeny or classification
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Cyphocrania [sic] enceladus (Gray, 1835) in Westwood, 1859: 108, pl. 39:1-2. Phylogeny or classification; Image or description
Vetilia enceladus (Gray, 1835) in Stål, 1875: 84. Phylogeny or classification
Vetilia eurymedon Stål, 1877: 63. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Holotype; female; 3e954160-f993-422b-b3a8-0f4b51d33015; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Australia: Queensland: Queensland; Cape York
Vetilia eurymedon Stål, 1877 in Rainbow, 1897: 44. Phylogeny or classification
Cyphocrania [sic] enceladus (Gray, 1835) in Rainbow, 1897: 40. Phylogeny or classification
Vetilia enceladus (Gray, 1835) in Tepper, 1903: 282. Specimen or distribution
Vetilia eurymedon Stål, 1877 in Kirby, 1904: 393. Phylogeny or classification
Vetilia enceladus (Gray, 1835) in Kirby, 1904: 393. Phylogeny or classification
Vetilia eurymedon Stål, 1877 in Redtenbacher, 1908: 465. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Vetilia enceladus (Gray, 1835) in Redtenbacher, 1908: 465. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Vetilia eurymedon Stål, 1877 in Sjöstedt, 1933: 6. Phylogeny or classification
Vetilia enceladus (Gray, 1835) in Craddock, 1972: 448. Phylogeny or classification
Vetilia enceladus (Gray, 1835) in Sellick, 1980: 124. Phylogeny or classification
Vetilia eurymedon Stål, 1877 (subjective synonym of Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835) in Vickery, 1983: 11. Phylogeny or classification
Vetilia enceladus (Gray, 1835) in Vickery, 1983: 11. Phylogeny or classification
Vetilia enceladus (Gray, 1835) in Hughes, 1996: 32, fig.. Life zone and ecology data
Vetilia eurymedon Stål, 1877 (subjective synonym of Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835) in Balderson, Rentz & Roach, 1998: 376. Phylogeny or classification
Vetilia enceladus (Gray, 1835) in Sellick, 1998: 225. Phylogeny or classification
Vetilia enceladus (Gray, 1835) in Balderson, Rentz & Roach, 1998: 376. Phylogeny or classification
Vetilia eurymedon Stål, 1877 (subjective synonym of Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 340. Phylogeny or classification
Vetilia enceladus (Gray, 1835) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 340. Phylogeny or classification
Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835 in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 72. Phylogeny or classification
Vetilia eurymedon Stål, 1877 (subjective synonym of Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 72. Phylogeny or classification
Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835 in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2009: 91, figs., 164. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835 in Rudolf & Brock, 2017: e.T78790996A78792112. Ecological data; Specimen or distribution

Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 450, 557, fig. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835 in Brock & Coupland, 2022: 34, figs. Image or description; Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (22)

Balderson, J., Rentz, D.C.F. & Roach, A.M.E. (1998) Phasmatodea. In W.W.K. Houston & A. Wells (Eds.). Zoological Catalog of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. pp. 347–376, 451–456.
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
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Vickery, V.R. (1983) Catalogue of Australian stick insects (Phasmida, Phasmatodea, Phasmatoptera, or Cheleutoptera). CSIRO Australian division of Entomology, Technical Paper No 20, 1–19. Available at http://publications.csiro.au/rpr/download?pid=procite:bc6d4d28-0bab-4f42-8f59-c5025bb110cd&dsid=DS1
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

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