SpeciesArtemis Stick-insect
Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859)
Nomenclature (53)
- Bacillus artemis Westwood, 1859: 10, pl. 26:9.
Holotype; female; bca6f1df-f224-484e-9816-40e80770a32c; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); India: Assam
- Bacillus patellifer Bates, 1865: 328.
Holotype; female; cb180209-7ab4-4723-b868-4ad8c10b8435; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); India: Darjeeling
- Bacillus (Baculum) artemis Westwood, 1859 in Wood-Mason, 1873: 51, pl. 6:1-2.
- Bacillus patellifer Bates, 1865 in Thomson, 1882: 718, pl. 52.
- Bacillus patellifer Bates, 1865 (subjective synonym of Bacillus artemis Westwood, 1859) in Kirby, 1904: 329.
- Baculum artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Kirby, 1904: 329.
- Clitumnus porrectus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 196.
Lectotype; female; 9e602ad7-6c69-4682-8f3e-93019de6387c; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); India: Kurseong
- Clitumnus artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 195.
- Clitumnus porrectus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Giglio-Tos, 1914: 420. Image or description
- Clitumnus artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Giglio-Tos, 1914: 420. Specimen or distribution
- Baculum artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Cappe de Baillon, 1928: 378.
- Baculum artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Cappe de Baillon, 1931: 140. Structure
- Baculum artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Cappe de Baillon, Favrelle & Vichêt, 1934: 109. Structure
- Baculum granulatus Shiraki, 1935: 27, pl. 4:3-4.
Holotype; female; NTUC 740; deposited at: National Taiwan University (NTUC); Taiwan: Gojyo
- Baculum artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Sellick, 1980: 153, fig. 90. Phylogeny or classification
- Baculum artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Hausleithner, 1986: 124.
- Baculum granulatus Shiraki, 1935 in Cai, 1987: 27. Specimen or distribution
- Baculum porrectus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Chen & He, 1992: 48, Fig. 136.
- Baculum artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Schulten, 1995: 75, fig..
- Baculum artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Sellick, 1998: 225. Phylogeny or classification
- Baculum artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Lipinski, Greven, Schulten & Löser, 1999: 72, figs..
- Baculum artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Seiler, Bradler & Koch, 2000: 50, figs.
- Baculum granulatum Shiraki, 1935 in Bi, Zhang & Lau, 2001: 254.
- Baculum granulatus Shiraki, 1935 in Huang, 2002: 118. Image or description
- Clitumnus porrectus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 305.
- Clitumnus porrectus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Brock & Delfosse, 2005: 54.
- Bacillus patellifer Bates, 1865 (subjective synonym of Bacillus artemis Westwood, 1859) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 300.
- Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 300.
- Ramulus granulatus (Shiraki, 1935) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 302.
- Baculum granulatum Shiraki, 1935 in Xu, 2005: 76. Specimen or distribution
- Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Mujagic, Krause & Duerr, 2007: 313.
- Bacillus patellifer Bates, 1865 (subjective synonym of Bacillus artemis Westwood, 1859) in Hennemann, Conle & Zhang, 2008: 27.
- Clitumnus porrectus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Bacillus artemis Westwood, 1859) in Hennemann, Conle & Zhang, 2008: 27.
- Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Hennemann, Conle & Zhang, 2008: 27.
- Ramulus granulatus (Shiraki, 1935) in Hennemann, Conle & Zhang, 2008: 42.
- Baculum porrectum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Chen & He, 2008: 280, fig. 244.
- Baculum granulatum Shiraki, 1935 in Chen & He, 2008: 294, fig. 260.
- Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Mandal & Yadav, 2010: 27. Image or description
- Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Harman, 2012: 15. Specimen or distribution
- Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Shelomi, Lo, Kimsey & Kuo, 2013: 1. Structure
- Ramulus granulatum (Shiraki, 1935) in Ho, 2013: 158. Phylogeny or classification
- Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Shelomi, Jasper, Atallah, Kimsey & Johnson, 2014: 2. Structure
- Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Shelomi, Heckel & Pauchet, 2016: 7. Physiology
- Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Shelomi, Danchin, Heckel, Wipfler, Bradler, Zhou & Pauchet, 2016: 1.
- Clitumnus porrectus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Bacillus artemis Westwood, 1859) in Delfosse, Cliquennois, Depraetere & Robillard, 2019: 221. Specimen or distribution
- Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Strauss, Moritz & Rühr, 2021: 3. Structure
- Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Singh, Chandra & Gupta, 2021: 229. Specimen or distribution
- Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 419, 550. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
- Ramulus granulatus (Shiraki, 1935) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 551. Specimen or distribution
- Baculum granulatus Shiraki, 1935 (subjective synonym of Bacillus artemis Westwood, 1859) in Wang, Jeng, Tsai & Wu, 2025: 5-7. Phylogeny or classification
- Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Wang, Jeng, Tsai & Wu, 2025: 2, 5-7. Phylogeny or classification
- Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Munro & Thacker, 2025: 9-13. Specimen or distribution
- Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859) in Munro, 2026: 8-11. Behavior; Image or description
Nomenclature references (41)
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Descendants and synonyms
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| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 12 | 13 | |