species

Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835

Kirby's Stick-insect

CollectionObject 1562346; 264691cf-adec-43e9-bdc3-24788b6afd26: copyright UMO. Xeroderus kirbii female: head and thorax (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562346; 264691cf-adec-43e9-bdc3-24788b6afd26: copyright UMO. Xeroderus kirbii female: end of abdomen, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562346; 264691cf-adec-43e9-bdc3-24788b6afd26: copyright OUMNH. female, dorsal view of Xeroderus kirbii (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562346; 264691cf-adec-43e9-bdc3-24788b6afd26: copyright OUMNH. female: head & thorax, dorsal view of Xeroderus kirbii (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562346; 264691cf-adec-43e9-bdc3-24788b6afd26: copyright OUMNH. female: head & thorax, lateral view of Xeroderus kirbii (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562346; 264691cf-adec-43e9-bdc3-24788b6afd26: copyright OUMNH. female: end of abdomen, dorsal view of Xeroderus kirbii (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562346; 264691cf-adec-43e9-bdc3-24788b6afd26: copyright OUMNH. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of Xeroderus kirbii (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562346; 264691cf-adec-43e9-bdc3-24788b6afd26: copyright OUMNH. female: end of abdomen, ventral view of Xeroderus kirbii (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562347; MVMA T-13885, 2f442844-3469-4c6f-b73d-a7b6795c5ff7: copyright MVMA, Melbourne. male of Xeroderus kirbii (doubtful paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562347; MVMA T-13885, 2f442844-3469-4c6f-b73d-a7b6795c5ff7: copyright MVMA, Melbourne. male of Xeroderus kirbii, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1599503; 0cad005a-2709-417e-ae50-1ccf512f7a16: copyright NHRS, Stockholm. female juv. of synonym Cooktownia plana (paralectotypes). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1599503; 0cad005a-2709-417e-ae50-1ccf512f7a16: copyright NHRS, Stockholm. female juv.: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Cooktownia plana (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1599504; 3967ffee-1fad-4cf2-98cc-df980b4e0213: copyright OUMNH. male Xeroderus kirbii (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1599504; 3967ffee-1fad-4cf2-98cc-df980b4e0213: copyright OUMNH. male, lateral view of Xeroderus kirbii (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1599504; 3967ffee-1fad-4cf2-98cc-df980b4e0213: copyright OUMNH. male: head & thorax, dorsal view of Xeroderus kirbii (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1599504; 3967ffee-1fad-4cf2-98cc-df980b4e0213: copyright OUMNH. male: head & thorax, lateral view of Xeroderus kirbii (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1599504; 3967ffee-1fad-4cf2-98cc-df980b4e0213: copyright OUMNH. male wings (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1599504; 3967ffee-1fad-4cf2-98cc-df980b4e0213: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, dorsal view of Xeroderus kirbii (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1599504; 3967ffee-1fad-4cf2-98cc-df980b4e0213: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, lateral view of Xeroderus kirbii (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1599504; 3967ffee-1fad-4cf2-98cc-df980b4e0213: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, ventral view of Xeroderus kirbii (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1599504; 3967ffee-1fad-4cf2-98cc-df980b4e0213: copyright OUMNH. male of Xeroderus kirbii, including data (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (34)

Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835: 32.
Xeroderus kirbii [sic] Gray, 1835: 32.
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Xeroderus kirbii [sic] Gray, 1835 (incorrect original spelling of Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835)
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Gray, 1837: 144. Phylogeny or classification
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Burmeister, 1838: 582.
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Haan, 1842: 116.
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Westwood, 1859: 102, pl. 31:6-7.
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Rainbow, 1897: 39.
Prisopus kirbyi (Gray, 1835) in Tepper, 1903: 286. Specimen or distribution
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Kirby, 1904: 383.
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Redtenbacher, 1908: 358.
Cooktownia plana Sjöstedt, 1918: 44, pl. 7:2-3.
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Günther, 1929: 622.
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Handlirsch, 1930: 754, fig. Image or description
Cooktownia plana Sjöstedt, 1918 in Sjöstedt, 1933: 5.
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Vickery, 1983: 11.
Cooktownia plana Sjöstedt, 1918 in Vickery, 1983: 4.
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Rentz, 1996: 256, pl. 419.
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Balderson, Rentz & Roach, 1998: 376.
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Herwaarden, 1998: 93.
Cooktownia plana Sjöstedt, 1918 in Balderson, Rentz & Roach, 1998: 364.
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 342.
Cooktownia plana Sjöstedt, 1918 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 110.
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 75.
Cooktownia plana Sjöstedt, 1918 (synonym of Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 75.
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2009: 18, 37, 145, figs.. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution; Behavior
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Hasenpusch & Brock, 2009: 8, figs. Image or description; Specimen or distribution; Life history; Behavior
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Velonà, Brock, Hasenpusch & Mantovani, 2015: 458. Phylogeny or classification
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Rudolf & Brock, 2017: e.T80228941A80229014. Ecological data; Specimen or distribution
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Williams, 2020 Specimen or distribution
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: pl. 17.1, 498, 561, fig. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Brock & Coupland, 2022: 72. Image or description; Specimen or distribution

Cooktownia plana Sjöstedt, 1918 (synonym of Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835) in Brock & Hennemann, 2023: 448. Phylogeny or classification
Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835 in Brock & Hennemann, 2023: 446, figs. 1–2, 4–6. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution; Life history; Behavior

Nomenclature references (27)

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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Brock, P.D. & Coupland, R. (2022) Studying the phasmids of Springbrook Mountain, Binna Burra and surrounds, southeast Queensland. Phasmid Studies, 21, 15–74. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/367341619_Studying_the_phasmids_of_Springbrook_Mountain_Binna_Burra_and_surrounds_southeast_Queensland

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

Brock, P.D. & Hennemann, F.H. (2023) A new species of Xeroderus Gray, 1835 (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Xeroderinae) from Papua New Guinea and notes on the genus. Zootaxa, 5258(5), 443–454. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/369627156_A_new_species_of_Xeroderus_Gray_1835_Phasmida_Phasmatidae_Xeroderinae_from_Papua_New_Guinea_and_notes_on_the_genus

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

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. (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

Gray, G.R. (1837) Description of some singularly formed Orthopterous insects. Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology and Meteorology, 1(1), 141–145. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19588#page/162/mode/1up

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.

Handlirsch, A.P.J. (1930) 6. Ordnung der Pterygogonea: Phasmida (Gespenst- oder Stabheuschrecken). In Handbuch der Zoologie, Vol. 4. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and Leipzig. pp. 751–765.

Hasenpusch, J.W. & Brock, P.D. (2009) Notes on Kirby’s Stick-insect; the master of camouflage? Butterfly & Other Invertebrates Club Inc. Newsletter, 53, 8–9.

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

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

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

Rainbow, W.J. (1897) Description of two new Australian Phasmas, together with a synopsis of the Phasmidae in Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 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

Rentz, D.C.F. (1996) Grasshopper country. The abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia. Orthoptera; grasshoppers, katydids, crickets. Blattodea; cockroaches. Mantodea; mantids. Phasmatodea; stick insects. University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 284 pp. Available at http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=G0Z2wY2B2ncC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Grasshopper+country

Rudolf, E. & Brock, P.D. (2017) Xeroderus kirbii. Available at http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/80228941/0

Sjöstedt, Y. (1918) Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg´s Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 17. Mantidae und Phasmidae. Arkiv för Zoologi, 11(19), 1–61, pl. 1–7. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30807#page/575/mode/1up

Sjöstedt, Y. (1933) Orthopterentypen im Naturhistorischen Reichsmuseum zu Stockholm. 7. Phasmidae. Arkiv för Zoologi, 25A(16), 1–10.

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

Velonà, A., Brock, P.D., Hasenpusch, J.W. & Mantovani, B. (2015) Cryptic diversity in Australian stick insects (Insecta; Phasmida) uncovered by the DNA barcoding approach. Zootaxa, 3957(4), 455–466. Available at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/z03957p466f.pdf

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

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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	4	5