Species

Anchiale spinicollis (Gray, 1833)

Spiny Anchiale Stick-insect

CollectionObject 1557051; c2d53978-0caa-48a8-9b39-d483a47690bc: copyright OUMNH. male of Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicollis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557051; c2d53978-0caa-48a8-9b39-d483a47690bc: copyright OUMNH. male, lateral view of Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicollis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557051; c2d53978-0caa-48a8-9b39-d483a47690bc: copyright OUMNH. male: head & thorax, dorsal view of Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicollis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557051; c2d53978-0caa-48a8-9b39-d483a47690bc: copyright OUMNH. male: head & thorax, lateral view of Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicollis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557051; c2d53978-0caa-48a8-9b39-d483a47690bc: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, dorsal view of Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicollis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557051; c2d53978-0caa-48a8-9b39-d483a47690bc: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, lateral view of Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicollis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557051; c2d53978-0caa-48a8-9b39-d483a47690bc: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, ventral view of Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicollis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557052; b05ff683-8c60-4212-aaa3-e99ec2ddf0cd: copyright OUMNH. female of Phasma (Diura) japetus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557052; b05ff683-8c60-4212-aaa3-e99ec2ddf0cd: copyright OUMNH. female, lateral view of Phasma (Diura) japetus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557052; b05ff683-8c60-4212-aaa3-e99ec2ddf0cd: copyright UMO. Phasma (Diura) japetus female: end of abdomen, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557052; b05ff683-8c60-4212-aaa3-e99ec2ddf0cd: copyright OUMNH. female: head & thorax, dorsal view of Phasma (Diura) japetus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557052; b05ff683-8c60-4212-aaa3-e99ec2ddf0cd: copyright OUMNH. female: head & thorax, lateral view of Phasma (Diura) japetus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557052; b05ff683-8c60-4212-aaa3-e99ec2ddf0cd: copyright OUMNH. female wings of Phasma (Diura) japetus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557052; b05ff683-8c60-4212-aaa3-e99ec2ddf0cd: copyright OUMNH. female: end of abdomen, dorsal view of Phasma (Diura) japetus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557052; b05ff683-8c60-4212-aaa3-e99ec2ddf0cd: copyright OUMNH. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of Phasma (Diura) japetus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557052; b05ff683-8c60-4212-aaa3-e99ec2ddf0cd: copyright OUMNH. female: end of abdomen, ventral view of Phasma (Diura) japetus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (32)

Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicolle Gray, 1833: 16, 27, pl. 1:1. (valid)
Holotype; male; c2d53978-0caa-48a8-9b39-d483a47690bc; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Australia: Northern Territory; Melville Island
Phasma (Diura) japetus Gray, 1833: 20, 26, pl. 5:1.
Holotype; female; b05ff683-8c60-4212-aaa3-e99ec2ddf0cd; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Australia: Northern Territory; Melville Island
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Acrophylla japetus (Gray, 1833) in Gray, 1835: 40.
Ctenomorpha spinicollis (Gray, 1833) in Gray, 1835: 41.
Cyphocrania [sic] japetus (Gray, 1833) in Burmeister, 1838: 580.
Phasma (Diura) japetus Gray, 1833 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicolle Gray, 1833) in Burmeister, 1840: 38.
Ctenomorpha spinicollis (Gray, 1833) in Burmeister, 1840: 38.
Acrophylla japetus (Gray, 1833) in Westwood, 1859: 114. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicolle Gray, 1833 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Diura) japetus Gray, 1833) in Rainbow, 1897: 41.
Acrophylla japetus (Gray, 1833) in Rainbow, 1897: 41. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicolle Gray, 1833 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Diura) osiris Gray, 1834) in Tepper, 1903: 280. Phylogeny or classification
Acrophylla japetus (Gray, 1833) in Tepper, 1903: 280. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma (Diura) japetus Gray, 1833 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicolle Gray, 1833) in Kirby, 1904: 393.
Anchiale spinicollis (Gray, 1833) in Kirby, 1904: 393.
Ctenomorpha japetus (Gray, 1833) in Redtenbacher, 1908: 459.
Phasma (Diura) japetus Gray, 1833 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicolle Gray, 1833) in Vickery, 1983: 3.
Anchiale spinicollis (Gray, 1833) in Vickery, 1983: 3.
Phasma (Diura) japetus Gray, 1833 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicolle Gray, 1833) in Balderson, Rentz & Roach, 1998: 362.
Phasma (Diura) japetus Gray, 1833 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicolle Gray, 1833) in Brock & Lowe, 1998: 72.
Anchiale spinicollis (Gray, 1833) in Balderson, Rentz & Roach, 1998: 362.
Anchiale spinicollis (Gray, 1833) in Brock & Lowe, 1998: 72.
Phasma (Diura) japetus Gray, 1833 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicolle Gray, 1833) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 45.
Anchiale spinicollis (Gray, 1833) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 45.
Phasma (Diura) japetus Gray, 1833 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicolle Gray, 1833) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 72.
Anchiale spinicollis (Gray, 1833) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 72.
Anchiale spinicollis (Gray, 1833) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2009: 98, figs, 165.
Phasma (Diura) japetus Gray, 1833 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicolle Gray, 1833) in Hennemann, Conle & Suzuki, 2015: 13. Phylogeny or classification
Anchiale spinicollis (Gray, 1833) in Hennemann, Conle & Suzuki, 2015: 13. Phylogeny or classification
Phasma (Diura) japetus Gray, 1833 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Ctenomorpha) spinicolle Gray, 1833) in Rudolf & Brock, 2017: e.T78798243A78798591.
Anchiale spinicollis (Gray, 1833) in Rudolf & Brock, 2017: e.T78798243A78798591. Ecological data; Specimen or distribution

Anchiale spinicollis (Gray, 1833) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 558. Specimen or distribution
Anchiale spinicollis (Gray, 1833) in Jones, Brock, Coupland, Emmott & Lo, 2026: 4-5, 16-19. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification; Key; Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (19)

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

Descendants and synonyms

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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	6	7