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Podacanthus Gray, 1833

genus

Podacanthus Gray, 1833

Type

Phasma (Podacanthus) typhon Gray, 1833 type species by original monotypy of Podacanthus Gray, 1833

Nomenclature (31)

Phasma (Podacanthus) Gray, 1833: 17. (valid)
type species by original monotypy Phasma (Podacanthus) typhon Gray, 1833
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Gray, 1835: 32.
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Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Audinet-Serville, 1838: 229.
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Burmeister, 1838: 581.
Phasma (Podacanthus) Gray, 1833 (subjective synonym of Tropidoderus Gray, 1835) in de Caumont Laporte, comte de Castelnau, 1840: 17. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Haan, 1842: 124.
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Westwood, 1859: 116.
Phasma (Podacanthus) Gray, 1833 (subjective synonym of Diura Gray, 1833) in Stål, 1875: 15. Phylogeny or classification
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Stål, 1875: 38.
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Stål, 1875: 14.
Podocanthus [sic] Gray, 1833 in Macleay, 1881: 538.
type species Phasma (Podacanthus) typhon Gray, 1833
Podocanthus [sic] Gray, 1833 (misspelling of Phasma (Podacanthus) Gray, 1833) in Macleay, 1881: 538.
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Kirby, 1890: 573. Phylogeny or classification
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Rainbow, 1897: 42.
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Kirby, 1904: 379.
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Redtenbacher, 1908: 385.
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Ragge, 1955: 377. Phylogeny or classification
Podocanthus [sic] Gray, 1833 in Key, 1960: 239. Phylogeny or classification
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Key, 1960: 235.
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in China & Riley, 1962: 19.
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Bradley & Galil, 1977: 195.
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Sellick, 1979: 327. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Vickery, 1983: 10.
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Sellick, 1997: 120. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification; Key
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Bragg, 2001: 642.
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Zompro, 2004: 319.
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 279.
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 63, 74.
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Hennemann & Conle, 2008: 41.

Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2009: 178. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification; Key
Podacanthus Gray, 1833 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 560. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (29)

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
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
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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. & 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

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

Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J.W. (2009) In The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood. 204 pp. Available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6012.htm

Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) In Handbuch der Entomologie. T.C.F. Enslin, Berlin. Vol. 2, 457–756 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8135

China, W.E. & Riley, N.D. (1962) Opinion 641. Addition of certain generic and specific names in the family Phasmatidae (Insecta, Phasmatodea) to the official lists and indexes. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 19(5), 274–279. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12221157#page/318/mode/1up

de Caumont Laporte, F.-L.N., Comte de Castelnau (1840) In Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères, Néuroptères, Hémiptères, Hymenoptères, Lépidoptères et Diptères. P. Duménil, Paris.

de Haan, W. (1842) Bijdragen to de kennis der Orthoptera. In Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen. In commissie bij S. en J. Luchtmans, en C.C. van der Hoek, Leiden. Vol. 3, pp. 95–138. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/200624#page/577/mode/1up

Gray, G.R. (1833) The Entomology of Australia, in a series of monographs. Part 1 containing the monograph of the genus Phasma. G.R. Gray, also sold at Longman & Co., London. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/164945#/summary

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

Hennemann, F.H. & Conle, O.V. (2008) Revision of Oriental Phasmatodea: The tribe Pharnaciini Günther, 1953, including the description of the world's longest insect, and a survey of the family Phasmatidae Gray, 1835 with keys to the subfamilies and tribes (Phasmatodea: "Anareolatae": Phasmatidae). Zootaxa, 1906, 1–316. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Hennemann

Key, K.H.L. (1960) Proposed addition of certain generic and specific names in the Family Phasmatidae (Class Insecta, Order Phasmatodea) to the official lists and indexes. Z.N.(S.) 1167. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 17(6-8), 235–240. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12220208#page/265/mode/1uphttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12220208#page/265/mode/1up

Kirby, W.F. (1890) On the employment of the names proposed for genera of Orthoptera, previous to 1840. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, 556–597. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95855#page/572/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

Macleay, W.J. (1881) On a species of Phasmatidae destructive to Eucalypti. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 6(3), 536–539. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3344048/#page/554/mode/1up

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

Ragge, D.R. (1955) The wing-venation of the order Phasmida. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 106(9), 375–392, 12 figs. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1955.tb01272.x

Rainbow, W.J. (1897) Description of two new Australian Phasmas, together with a synopsis of the Phasmidae in Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney, 3, 34–44, pls. 9–10. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6951489/#page/58/mode/1up

Redtenbacher, J. (1908) Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). In Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden: Vol. III. Verlag Engelmann, Leipzig. 339–589, pls 16–27. [in German] Available at http://www.archive.org/details/DieInsektenfamilieDerPhasmiden.Vol.Iii.PhasmidaeAnareolatae

Sellick, J.T.C. (1979) A key to the eggs of stick and leaf insects (Phasmida). Systematic Entomology, 4, 325–331. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1979.tb00617.x

Sellick, J.T.C. (1997) Descriptive terminology of the phasmid egg capsule, with an extended key to the phasmid genera based on egg structure. Systematic Entomology, 22, 97–122. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-3113.1997.d01-30.x

Stål, C. (1875) Observations Orthoptérologiques. 1. Sur une systématisation nouvelle des Phasmides. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 3(14), 1–21. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49924#page/523/mode/1up

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

Stål, C. (1875) Recherches sur le Système des Phasmides. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 2(17), 1–19. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49927#page/573/mode/1up

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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
Zompro, O. (2004) Revision of the genera of the Areolatae, including the status of Timema and Agathemera (Insecta, Phasmatodea). Goecke & Evers, Keltern-Weiler, Germany, 327 pp. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/313233330_Revision_of_the_genera_of_the_Areolatae_including_the_status_of_Timema_and_Agathemera_Insecta_Phasmatodea

Descendants and synonyms

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	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
genus	1	0	2	3
species	4	0	6	10