species

Hermarchus pythonius (Westwood, 1859)

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CollectionObject 1558980; 9ce04cf2-0fdf-46a7-a999-2ee5ae1f702f: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, data labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1558981; 1d8be626-f38d-4f0e-9cc5-abf9cf7fbfdf: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, data labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1558982; a2667a89-712a-4ba6-8f36-842bc936eedf: copyright OUMNH. male (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1558982; a2667a89-712a-4ba6-8f36-842bc936eedf: copyright OUMNH. male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1558982; a2667a89-712a-4ba6-8f36-842bc936eedf: copyright OUMNH. male: head and thorax, lateral view (syntype), copyright OUMNH. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1558982; a2667a89-712a-4ba6-8f36-842bc936eedf: copyright OUMNH. male: head and thorax, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

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CollectionObject 1558982; a2667a89-712a-4ba6-8f36-842bc936eedf: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

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Nomenclature (17)

Phibalosoma pythonius Westwood, 1859: 73, pl. 12:1, 35:3. (valid)
Syntype; male; 9ce04cf2-0fdf-46a7-a999-2ee5ae1f702f; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Fiji. Syntypes (n= 3); female; 1d8be626-f38d-4f0e-9cc5-abf9cf7fbfdf; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Fiji. Syntype; male; a2667a89-712a-4ba6-8f36-842bc936eedf; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Fiji
Phibalosoma pythonius Westwood, 1859 in Saussure, 1872: pl. 3:1-3.
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Hermarchus pythonius (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 190. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Hermarchus pythonius (Westwood, 1859) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 559. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (17)

Baker, E.W. (2015) The worldwide status of phasmids (Insecta: Phasmida) as pests of agriculture and forestry, with a generalised theory of phasmid outbreaks. Agriculture & Food Security, 4(22), 1–19. Available at http://agricultureandfoodsecurity.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40066-015-0040-6
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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Brock, P.D., Marshall, J.A., Beccaloni, G.W. & Harman, A.J.E. (2016) The types of Phasmida in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Zootaxa, 4179(2), 151–208. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/309585799_The_types_of_Phasmida_in_the_Natural_History_Museum_London_UK

Giglio-Tos, E. (1910) Fasmidi esotici del R. Museo zoologico di Torino e del Museo civico di Storia naturale di Genova. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 25(625), 1–57. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50963#page/57/mode/1up

Günther, K. (1932) Beiträge zur Systematik und Geschichte der Phasmoidenfauna Ozeaniens. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 17, 753–835. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mmnz.19310170602

Günther, K. (1937) Über einige Orthopteren von den Salomon-Inseln und von Vanikoro. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 8(3), 3–10.

Harman, A.J.E. (2000) Phasmida in Oceania. Phasmid Studies, 8(1&2), 13–19. [1999] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207390#page/15/mode/1up

Kirby, W.F. (1904) A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae). The Trustees of the British Museum, London, Vol. 1, 501 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29661

Nakata, S. (1961) Some notes on the occurence of Phasmatodea in Oceania. Pacific Insects Monograph, 2, 107–121. Available at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pim/pdf/pim2-107.pdf

Otte, D. & Brock, P.D. (2005) In Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world. The Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 414 pp. Available at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24725959-phasmida-species-file

Saussure, H.L.F.de (1872) Etudes sur les insectes orthoptères. Familles des phasmides et des mantides. In M. Edwards (Ed.). Etudes sur les insectes orthoptères. Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l’Amérique Centrale. Recherches zoologiques. Imprimerie impériale, Paris. Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 125–201, pl. 3–4. [1870; in French] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207775#page/139/mode/1up

Sellick, J.T.C. (1998) The micropylar plate of the eggs of Phasmida, with a survey of the range of plate form within the order. Systematic Entomology, 23, 203–228. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-3113.1998.00056.x

Shelomi, M., Sitepu, I.R., Boundy-Mills, K.L. & Kimsey, L.S. (2015) Review of the Gross Anatomy and Microbiology of the Phasmatodea Digestive Tract. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 24(1), 1–12. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/281469903_Review_of_the_Gross_Anatomy_and_Microbiology_of_the_Phasmatodea_Digestive_Tract

Stål, C. (1875) Recensio orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, DeGeer et Thunberg. 3. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 32, 1–105. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924018284798

Tepper, J.G.O. (1903) List of described genera and species of the Australian and Polynesian Phasmidae (Spectre-insects). Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia, 26, 278–287. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/136804#page/308/mode/1up

Veitch, R. & Greenwood, W. (1921) The food plants or hosts of some Fijian Insects. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 46, 505–516, 515. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/23930#page/581/mode/1up
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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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	1	2