Species

Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859)

Cantor's Stick Insect

CollectionObject 1561085; a4e2c403-bfd2-4dee-93b9-b969e64160dc: copyright OUMNH. male (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561085; a4e2c403-bfd2-4dee-93b9-b969e64160dc: copyright OUMNH. male: head and thorax, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561085; a4e2c403-bfd2-4dee-93b9-b969e64160dc: copyright OUMNH. male: head and thorax, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561085; a4e2c403-bfd2-4dee-93b9-b969e64160dc: copyright OUMNH. male wings (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561085; a4e2c403-bfd2-4dee-93b9-b969e64160dc: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561085; a4e2c403-bfd2-4dee-93b9-b969e64160dc: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561085; a4e2c403-bfd2-4dee-93b9-b969e64160dc: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, ventral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561086; 1edf6aec-1084-4f21-9182-5b7534e1d3d5: copyright UMO. female, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561086; 1edf6aec-1084-4f21-9182-5b7534e1d3d5: copyright OUMNH. female: head & thorax, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561086; 1edf6aec-1084-4f21-9182-5b7534e1d3d5: copyright OUMNH. female: head & thorax, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561086; 1edf6aec-1084-4f21-9182-5b7534e1d3d5: copyright OUMNH. female: end of abdomen, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561086; 1edf6aec-1084-4f21-9182-5b7534e1d3d5: copyright OUMNH. female: end of abdomen, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (33)

Phibalosoma cantori Westwood, 1859: 74, pl. 37:1, 38:1.
Lectotype; male; a4e2c403-bfd2-4dee-93b9-b969e64160dc; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM);
Phibalosoma cantori Westwood, 1859 in Wood-Mason, 1877: 162.

Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893: 83.
Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Kirby, 1904: 359.
Pharnacia cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Redtenbacher, 1908: 450.
Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, 1980: 2.
Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, 1980: 4.
Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, 1982: 3.
Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, 1985: 33.
Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Kevan, 1990: 26. Specimen or distribution
Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, 1992: 13, 60. Image or description
Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Unno, 1993: 22-23, fig. Image or description
Pharnacia cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, 1995: 95.
Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Tay & Seow-Choen, 1996: 182.
Pharnacia cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, 1996: 27.
Pharnacia cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 1997: 11, fig..
Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Sellick, 1998: 226. Phylogeny or classification
Pharnacia cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, 1999: 132, pl. 24, 26.
Pharnacia cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2000: 35, pl. 94-95.
Pharnacia cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Bragg, 2001: 398.
Pharnacia cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Baxter, 2002: 13.
Pharnacia cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, 2003: 63.
Pharnacia cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2005: 83.
Pharnacia cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 264.
Pharnacia cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Sorpongpaisal & Thanasinchayakul, 2006: 22. Specimen or distribution
Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Hennemann & Conle, 2008: 226, figs.
Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Harman, 2011: 10. Specimen or distribution
Pharnacia cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Hutacharern, 2011: 637, 638. Specimen or distribution
Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Harman, 2012: 12. Specimen or distribution
Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2018: 442, figs. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2020: 396. Specimen or distribution

Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2021: 756, figs. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Tirachoidea cantori (Westwood, 1859) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 555. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (33)

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
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

Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1893) Révision du Système des Orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova, (2)13(33), 1–230. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5121

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

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

Brock, P.D. (1980) Notes on Tirachoidea cantori. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 2, 2.

Brock, P.D. (1980) Notes on Tirachoidea cantori. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 3, 4.

Brock, P.D. (1982) Tirachoidea cantori. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 13, 3.

Brock, P.D. (1985) In The Phasmid Rearer’s Handbook (Stick Insects and Leaf Insects). The Amateur Entomologists’ Society. The Amateur Entomologist Vol. 20, Feltham. 41 pp.

Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1990) An annotated list of adventive and captive alien orthopteroid insects in Canada. Note, Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory, 16, 1–51.

Brock, P.D. (1992) New Edition. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist. The Amateur Entomologists' Society, London, Vol. 22, 73 pp. Available at http://shop.amentsoc.org/rearing-and-studying-stick-and-leaf-insects.html

Unno, K. (1993) In Camouflage and Mimicry of Insects. Heibonsha Ltd. Publishers, Tokyo. 1–88 pp.

Brock, P.D. (1995) Catalogue of Stick and Leaf-Insects (Insecta: Phasmida) associated with Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Malayan Nature Journal, 49(2), 83–102. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/348052167_Catalogue_of_Stick_and_Leaf-Insects_Insecta_Phasmida_associated_with_Peninsular_Malaysia_and_Singapore_Malaysian_Naturalist_49283-102

Brock, P.D. (1996) Changes of taxonomy in giant stick-insects. Phasmid Studies, 5(1), 25–31. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207389#page/27/mode/1up

Tay, E.P. & Seow-Choen, F. (1996) Relationship of Plant families and stick-insects in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. In I.M. Turner, C.H. Diong, S.S.L. Lim, & P.K.L. Ng (Eds.). Biodiversity and the Dynamics of Ecosystems. DIWPA Series. Vol. 1, pp. 177–186. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francis_Seow-Choen

Seow-Choen, F. (1997) The joy of stick-insects. Singapore Scientist, 81, 10–14. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francis-Seow-Choen

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

Brock, P.D. (1999) Stick and Leaf Insects of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, 223 pp. Available at http://www.nhbs.com/stick-and-leaf-insects-of-peninsular-malaysia-and-singapore-book

Seow-Choen, F. (2000) An Illustrated Guide to the Stick and Leaf Insects of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, 173 pp. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francis_Seow-Choen

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/

Baxter, R.N. (2002) Rearing Stick and Leaf Insects. Chudleigh Publishing, Ilford, 103 pp. Available at http://www.pemberleybooks.com/product/rearing-stick-and-leaf-insects/5624/

Brock, P.D. (2003) Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. Revised Edition. The Amateur Entomologists' Society, London, Vol. 22, 89 pp. Available at http://shop.amentsoc.org/rearing-and-studying-stick-and-leaf-insects.html

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

Seow-Choen, F. (2005) Phasmids of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, 120 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/book/a-pocket-guide-phasmids-of-peninsular-malaysia-and-singapore/

Sorpongpaisal, W. & Thanasinchayakul, S. (2006) Identification of some Stick and Leaf Insects, (Order Phasmida) in Thailand. Kamphaengsean Academic Journal, 4(3), 18–32. [in Thai]

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

Harman, A.J.E. (2011) The Development of the Phasmid Species List Part One: PSG No. 1-50. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 125, 6–13. Available at http://phasmidstudygroup.org/files/PSG_Newsletters/Newsletter_125.pdf

Hutacharern, C. (2011) In Checklist of Insects in Thailand Book 2. Biological Diversity Division Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Bangkok. Available at http://chm-thai.onep.go.th/doc/Publication/ONEP22/ONEP22-2.pdf

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Seow-Choen, F. (2018) A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Sumatra: Vol. I. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, 703 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/book/a-taxonomic-guide-to-the-stick-insects-of-sumatra-vol-1/

Seow-Choen, F. (2020) A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Sumatra: Vol. II. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, 402 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/books/animals/

Seow-Choen, F. (2021) A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Peninsular Malaysia: Vol. I. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, 944 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/a-taxonomic-guide-to-the-stick-insects-of-peninsular-malaysia/
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

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

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