Phasmida Species File - Ramulus westwoodii (Wood-Mason, 1873)

Nomenclature (8)

Bacillus westwoodii Wood-Mason, 1873: 50, pl.6:3. (valid)
Syntypes (n= 10); female; 29970b81-3902-4ced-b46c-f5dc6f3f6ef5; deposited at: Zoological Survey of India, National Zoological Collection (NZSI); Port Blair and probably Nicobar. Syntypes (n= 2); immature; e40a167e-7d10-4662-943d-917ec94e1dee; deposited at: Zoological Survey of India, National Zoological Collection (NZSI); Port Blair and probably Nicobar
Lonchodes westwoodii (Wood-Mason, 1873) in Wood-Mason, 1875: 215.

Ramulus westwoodii (Wood-Mason, 1873) in Mukherjee & Sirinivasan, 2013: 26. Specimen or distribution
Ramulus westwoodii (Wood-Mason, 1873) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 552. Specimen or distribution

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
Wood-Mason, J. (1875) On new or little-known species of Phasmidae, with a brief preliminary notice of the occurence of a clasping apparatus in the males throughout the family. Journal of the Asiatic Society Bengal, 44(2), 215–220, pl. 16–17. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114410#page/227/mode/1up

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
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

Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	4	5