Species

Phryganistria virgea (Westwood, 1848)

CollectionObject 1561203; 7cca35c6-6cb3-4dbb-8ae0-057bcbb32f0c: copyright OUMNH. male of Bacteria virgea (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561203; 7cca35c6-6cb3-4dbb-8ae0-057bcbb32f0c: copyright OUMNH. male: head & thorax of Bacteria virgea (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561203; 7cca35c6-6cb3-4dbb-8ae0-057bcbb32f0c: copyright OUMNH. male, head of Bacteria virgea (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561203; 7cca35c6-6cb3-4dbb-8ae0-057bcbb32f0c: copyright OUMNH. male head, lateral view of Bacteria virgea (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561203; 7cca35c6-6cb3-4dbb-8ae0-057bcbb32f0c: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, dorsal view of Bacteria virgea (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561203; 7cca35c6-6cb3-4dbb-8ae0-057bcbb32f0c: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, lateral view of Bacteria virgea (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561204; a6e75a64-5bb5-4e33-94cb-b4702485f890: copyright OUMNH. female of synonym Bacteria sarmentosa (holotype, left), male Bacteria virgea (holotype, right). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561204; a6e75a64-5bb5-4e33-94cb-b4702485f890: copyright OUMNH. female: head, dorsal view of synonym Bacteria sarmentosa (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561204; a6e75a64-5bb5-4e33-94cb-b4702485f890: copyright OUMNH. female: head, lateral view of synonym Bacteria sarmentosa female (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561204; a6e75a64-5bb5-4e33-94cb-b4702485f890: copyright OUMNH. female: end of abdomen, dorsal view of synonym Bacteria sarmentosa female (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561204; a6e75a64-5bb5-4e33-94cb-b4702485f890: copyright OUMNH. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Bacteria sarmentosa female (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (27)

Bacteria virgea Westwood, 1848: 66, pl. 32:2. (valid)
Holotype; male; 7cca35c6-6cb3-4dbb-8ae0-057bcbb32f0c; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Bangladesh: Sylhet
Bacteria sarmentosa Westwood, 1848: 65, pl. 32:1.
Holotype; female; a6e75a64-5bb5-4e33-94cb-b4702485f890; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Bangladesh: Sylhet

Phryganistria virgea (Westwood, 1848) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 555. Specimen or distribution
Phryganistria virgea (Westwood, 1848) in Peng, Zhao, Wu & Qian, 2025: 1025-1027. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution; Key; Image or description

Nomenclature references (20)

Westwood, J.O. (1848) The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology. William Smith, London, 1–88, pls 1–42. Available at http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0munahi01--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00001-001-1-1isoZz-8859Zz-1-0&a=d&c=munahi01&cl=CL1.1&d=munahi001-aae
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

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

Wood-Mason, J. (1877) New and little known Insects collected in Upper Tenasserim. Orthoptera. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1877, 160–163. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/111663#page/174/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

Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1907) Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). In Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden: Vol. II. Verlag Engelmann, Leipzig. 181–338, pls 7–15. [in German] Available at http://www.archive.org/details/DieInsektenfamilieDerPhasmiden.Vol.Ii.PhasmidaeAnareolataeclitumnini

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. (1935) Phasmoiden von den Talaud-Inseln und von der Insel Morotai, mit kritischen Bemerkungen über einzelne Arten und einem zoogeographischen Anhang. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde Freies Berlin, 75–94. [1934]

Klante, H. (1969) Weitere Stabsneuschrecken (Insecta, Phasmatoptera) aus dem Naturkundemuseum Görlitz. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz, 44(7), 1–12.

Passerin d' Entrèves, P. (1981) Cataloghi. IV - Collezione Ortotterologiche del Museo di Zoologia de´ll Università di Torino. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 1–127 pp. Available at http://www.nhbs.com/1/series/cataloghi-di-museo-regionale-di-scienze-naturali-torino?qtview=185906

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

Cliquennois, N. (1999) Phasmids of Bangladesh. Phasmid Studies, 7(2), 41–64. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207263#page/43/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

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

Mandal, S.K. & Yadav, K. (2010) Some phasmida (stick and leaf insects) of India. RECORDS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA OCCASIONAL PAPER, 318, 1–64. Available at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/occpapers/318/index.pdf

Mukherjee, T.K., Srinivasan, G. & Chatterjee, P. (2020) Remarkable variation in Phryganistria virgea (Westwood, 1848) [Pharnaciini (Phasmatidae)] from India. Bugs R All #180. Newsletter of the Invertebrate Conservation & Information Network of South Asia, 35(2), 10–15. Available at http://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Remarkable-variation-in-Phryganistria-virgea-1848)-Mukherjee-Srinivasan/ee52462cca70629afa4f9ebf5eec1a661478e4fc

Singh, L.R.K., Chandra, K. & Gupta, D. (2021) Insecta: Phasmida. In K. Chandra, L. Kosygin, C. Raghunathan, & D. Gupta (Eds.). Faunal Diversity of Biogeographic Zones of India: North-East. Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata. pp. 227–230.

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
Peng, C.-X., Zhao, Y., Wu, H. & Qian, Y.-H. (2025) Two new species and a first record of Phryganistria Stål, 1875 (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae: Pharnaciini) from southwest China. Annales Zoologici, Warszaw, 75(4), 1019–1030.

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