Species

Cuniculina insignis (Wood-Mason, 1873)

Naga Stick Insect

CollectionObject 1558234; 65cabfdb-d39a-48fd-a1c6-143ff1be5ee7: copyright NZSI, Calcutta. female (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1558234; 65cabfdb-d39a-48fd-a1c6-143ff1be5ee7: copyright NZSI, Calcutta. female: end of abdomen, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (22)

Bacillus (Baculum) insignis Wood-Mason, 1873: 51, pl. 5:1-2.
Syntypes (n= 8); female; 65cabfdb-d39a-48fd-a1c6-143ff1be5ee7; deposited at: Zoological Survey of India, National Zoological Collection (NZSI); Khasi Hills. Syntype; female; 029ac5ff-2b53-42ee-be98-fd81e5f18532; deposited at: Zoological Survey of India, National Zoological Collection (NZSI); Samagooting, Naga Hills. Syntype; female; f272bd73-0b75-4d1e-9bd9-50433b0d050a; India: Sikkim
Bacillus (Baculum) insignis Wood-Mason, 1873: 148.

Cuniculina insignis (Wood-Mason, 1873) in Singh, Chandra & Gupta, 2021: 229. Specimen or distribution
Cuniculina insignis (Wood-Mason, 1873) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 549. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (21)

Wood-Mason, J. (1873) Note on certain species of Phasmidae hitherto referred to the genus Bacillus. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1873, 148–150. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/39480#page/184/mode/1up
Wood-Mason, J. (1873) On new or little known species of Phasmidae. Part I. -Genus Bacillus. Journal of the Asiatic Society Bengal, 42(2), 45–56, pl. 5–7. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110099#page/62/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

Roy, P. (1987) Stick insects of Nagaland. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 30, 5–7.

Kneubühler, B. (1989) PSG No. 94: Baculum insignis (Wood-Mason). The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 39, 18–20.

Hausleithner, B. (1990) Bemerkungen zu Baculum insignis Wood-Mason 1873 und die Beschreibung des Männchens (Phasmatodea). Ent. Z. Frankfurt, 100(4), 53–72.

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

Sellick, J.T.C. (1993) Looking at Baculum eggs. Phasmid Studies, 2(1), 10–13. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207248#page/12/mode/1up

Schulten, D. (1995) In Wandelnde Blätter, Stab- und Gespenstschrecken. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Löbbecke-Museum and Aquazoo. Vol. 3, 1–132 pp. [in German] Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologie-heute_BH_3_0001-0132.pdf

Sellick, J.T.C. (1997) The "umbrella spines" and other surface projections of some phasmid eggs and some comments on phasmid taxonomy. Phasmid Studies, 6(1), 15–20. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207206#page/17/mode/1up

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

Lipinski, K., Greven, H., Schulten, D. & Löser, S. (1999) In Die Struktur der Eihüllen von 48 Phasmatodea-Arten aus der Sammlung des Löbbecke Museum und Aquazoo Düsseldorf. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Löbbecke-Museum und Aquazoo. 1–125 pp. [in German] Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologie-heute_BH_5_0001-0125.pdf

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

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

Harman, A.J.E. (2012) The Development of the Phasmid Species List Part Two: PSG No. 51 - PSG No. 100. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 127, 12–15.

Mukherjee, T.K. & Sirinivasan, G. (2013) Type specimens of phasmids in the National Zoological Survey of India collection (NZSI), Kolkata, India (Insecta: Phasmida. Phasmid Studies, 18(1&2), 24–33. Available at http://phasmidstudygroup.org/files/Phasmid_Studies/Phasmid_Studies_Vol18.pdf

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

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