Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899)

The Spiny Ridge-backed Stick Insect

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Nomenclature (23)

Pachymorpha acornuta Hutton, 1899: 52.
Syntype; male; f614a810-c532-4e92-a053-0e7c8cdebb24; deposited at: Canterbury Museum (CMNZ); New Zealand: Great Barrier Island. Syntype; female; 7c4658b6-1e01-499c-a5c9-491c2338bea7; deposited at: Canterbury Museum (CMNZ); New Zealand: Great Barrier Island
Pachymorpha acornuta Hutton, 1899 in Tepper, 1903: 279. Specimen or distribution

Pachymorpha acornuta Hutton, 1899 in Kirby, 1904: 342.
Pachymorpha acornuta Hutton, 1899 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 214.
Pachymorpha acornuta Hutton, 1899 in Wise, 1977: 51.
Micrarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in Sellick, 1980: 78, fig. 39. Phylogeny or classification
Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in Salmon, 1991: 111 (and 36).
Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in Nicholls, Urquhart, Ward & Johns, 1998: 30. Specimen or distribution
Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in Sellick, 1998: 219. Phylogeny or classification
Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in Jewell & Brock, 2003: 192.
Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 2005: 17, fig.
Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 325.
Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in Trewick, Morgan-Richards & Collins, 2008: 802. Phylogeny or classification
Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in Buckley, Hitchmough, Rolfe & Stringer, 2014: 3. Ecological data
Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 2014: 117, fig. Specimen or distribution
Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in Dennis, Dunning, Sinclair & Buckley, 2015: 3. Behavior
Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in Brock, 2015: 12. Image or description; Ecological data; Specimen or distribution
Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in Brock & Jewell, 2015: 13. Phylogeny or classification
Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 2019: 122. Specimen or distribution
Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in O'Hanlon, Jones & Bulbert, 2020: 2, fig. Image or description
Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 556. Specimen or distribution

Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in Merien, 2022: 100, 136. Behavior
Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899) in Cubillos Pefaur, 2023: 29. Physiology

Nomenclature references (23)

Hutton, F.W. (1899) Revision of the New Zealand Phasmidae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Wellington, 31, 50–59. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3326951#page/80/mode/1up
Tepper, J.G.O. (1903) List of described genera and species of the Australian and Polynesian Phasmidae (Spectre-insects). Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia, 26, 278–287. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/136804#page/308/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

Wise, K.A.J. (1977) A Synonymic checklist of the Hexapoda of the New Zealand Sub-Region The Smaller Orders. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 11, 49–51 (Phasmatodea section). Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59649785#page/55/mode/1up

Sellick, J.T.C. (1980) A study of the eggs of the insect order Phasmida with particular reference to establishing the taxonomic value of egg structure in this group. UNPUBLISHED. PhD thesis. University of London. Available at http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.281183

Salmon, J.T. (1991) In The stick insects of New Zealand. Reed Books, New Zealand, Auckland. 124 pp.

Nicholls, D.C., Urquhart, E.M., Ward, J.B. & Johns, P.M. (1998) A List of Insect Primary Types held in Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 12(2), 1–43. Available at http://eurekamag.com/research/010/066/010066367.php

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

Jewell, T. & Brock, P.D. (2003) A review of New Zealand stick insects: new genera and synonymy, keys and a catalogue. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 11(2), 189–197. [2002] Available at http://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-orthoptera-research/volume-11/issue-2/1082-6467(2002)011[0189:AROTNZ]2.0.CO;2/A-review-of-the-New-Zealand-stick-insects--new/10.1665/1082-6467(2002)011[0189:AROTNZ]2.0.CO;2.full

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

Trewick, S.A. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2005) New Zealand wild stick insects. In Reed Children's Books. Reed Children's Books, a division of Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd. 1–33 pp. Available at http://evolves.massey.ac.nz/Text%20Files/Stick%20insect%20eggs.htm

Trewick, S.A., Morgan-Richards, M. & Collins, L.J. (2008) Are you my mother? Phylogenetic analysis reveals orphan hybrid stick insect genus is part of a monophyletic New Zealand clade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 48(3), 799–808. Available at http://evolves.massey.ac.nz/PDFs/Trewick%20et%20al.%202008%20Are%20you%20my%20mother.pdf

Buckley, T.R., Hitchmough, R.A., Rolfe, J. & Stringer, I.A.N. (2014) Conservation status of New Zealand stick insects, 2014. New Zealand Threat Classification Series, 1–3. Available at http://www.doc.govt.nz/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs15entire.pdf

Trewick, S.A. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2014) In NZ Wildlife. Introducing the weird and wonderful character of natural New Zealand. Penguin Books. 105–122 pp. Available at http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/NZ_Wild_Life.html?id=OwS5oAEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

Brock, P.D. & Jewell, T. (2015) An Updated Checklist of New Zealand Phasmids. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 134, 13–14. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/350099309_An_Updated_Checklist_of_New_Zealand_Phasmids

Brock, P.D. (2015) Phasmids of New Zealand 1 – the Wellington Area. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 134, 10–12. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/350099309_An_Updated_Checklist_of_New_Zealand_Phasmids

Dennis, A.B., Dunning, L.T., Sinclair, B.J. & Buckley, T.R. (2015) Parallel molecular routes to cold adaptation in eight genera of New Zealand stick insects. Scientific Reports, 5(13965), 1–13. Available at http://www.nature.com/articles/srep13965

Trewick, S.A. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2019) The Sticky World. In Wild Life New Zealand. 2nd Edition. Hand-in-Hand Press, Palmerston North. 109–128 pp. Available at http://sites.massey.ac.nz/wildlifenz/

O'Hanlon, J.C., Jones, B.R. & Bulbert, M.W. (2020) The dynamic eggs of the Phasmatodea and their apparent convergence with plants. The Science of Nature, 107(34), 1–12. Available at http://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-020-01690-1

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

Merien, M.E.E. (2022) Camouflage in Aoteareo / New Zealand stick insects: an investigation of their behaviour and ecology [UNPUBLISHED THESIS]. PhD thesis. University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Available at https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/64495
Cubillos Pefaur, C.A. (2023) Evolutionary physiology of New Zealand stick insects [UNPUBLISHED THESIS]. University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. PhD thesis.

Descendants and synonyms

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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