Species

Pharnacia ponderosa Stål, 1877

Heavy Stick-insect

Nomenclature (24)

Pharnacia ponderosa Stål, 1877: 40.
Lectotype; male; 7c0d9f0c-b9b7-4bb7-8ae0-ad35b4a17609; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Philippines
Pharnacia ponderosa Stål, 1877 in Kirby, 1904: 359.

Pharnacia magdiwang Lit & Eusebio, 2008 in Baker, 2015: 3.
Pharnacia ponderosa Stål, 1877 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 411, 554, figs. Image or description; Specimen or distribution

Stål, C. (1877) Orthoptera nova ex Insulis Philippinis descripsit. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 34 (10), 33–58. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/98202#/summary
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

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

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	2	3