Species

Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)

Common Ridge-backed Stick-insect

CollectionObject 1562171; 9103679c-d0f5-456e-af91-4a406dc2a5b5: copyright NMW, Vienna. female and male Pachymorpha huttoni (syntypes). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1562172; a896a9f7-0a5d-4958-9056-2ec727f0a418: copyright NMW, Vienna. female and male Pachymorpha huttoni (syntypes). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562171; 9103679c-d0f5-456e-af91-4a406dc2a5b5: copyright NMW, Vienna. female Pachymorpha huttoni (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1562172; a896a9f7-0a5d-4958-9056-2ec727f0a418: copyright NMW, Vienna. female Pachymorpha huttoni (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562171; 9103679c-d0f5-456e-af91-4a406dc2a5b5: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: end of abdomen, lateral view Pachymorpha huttoni (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1562172; a896a9f7-0a5d-4958-9056-2ec727f0a418: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: end of abdomen, lateral view Pachymorpha huttoni (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562171; 9103679c-d0f5-456e-af91-4a406dc2a5b5: copyright NMW, Vienna. male, lateral view Pachymorpha huttoni (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1562172; a896a9f7-0a5d-4958-9056-2ec727f0a418: copyright NMW, Vienna. male, lateral view Pachymorpha huttoni (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562171; 9103679c-d0f5-456e-af91-4a406dc2a5b5: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: end of abdomen, lateral view Pachymorpha huttoni (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1562172; a896a9f7-0a5d-4958-9056-2ec727f0a418: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: end of abdomen, lateral view Pachymorpha huttoni (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562173; 2008df3b-3e3d-40d1-98a7-28cc90d48bb8: copyright MNHN, Paris. male and female Pachymorpha huttoni (syntypes). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1562174; 6f5063aa-15e1-4e49-9af8-f9121a4daecb: copyright MNHN, Paris. male and female Pachymorpha huttoni (syntypes). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562173; 2008df3b-3e3d-40d1-98a7-28cc90d48bb8: copyright MNHN, Paris. male (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1562174; 6f5063aa-15e1-4e49-9af8-f9121a4daecb: copyright MNHN, Paris. male (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562173; 2008df3b-3e3d-40d1-98a7-28cc90d48bb8: copyright MNHN, Paris. male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1562174; 6f5063aa-15e1-4e49-9af8-f9121a4daecb: copyright MNHN, Paris. male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562173; 2008df3b-3e3d-40d1-98a7-28cc90d48bb8: copyright MNHN, Paris. male, data labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1562174; 6f5063aa-15e1-4e49-9af8-f9121a4daecb: copyright MNHN, Paris. male, data labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562173; 2008df3b-3e3d-40d1-98a7-28cc90d48bb8: copyright MNHN, Paris. female (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1562174; 6f5063aa-15e1-4e49-9af8-f9121a4daecb: copyright MNHN, Paris. female (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562173; 2008df3b-3e3d-40d1-98a7-28cc90d48bb8: copyright MNHN, Paris. female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1562174; 6f5063aa-15e1-4e49-9af8-f9121a4daecb: copyright MNHN, Paris. female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562173; 2008df3b-3e3d-40d1-98a7-28cc90d48bb8: copyright MNHN, Paris. female, data labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1562174; 6f5063aa-15e1-4e49-9af8-f9121a4daecb: copyright MNHN, Paris. female, data labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562175; e0fb6f45-b766-4ab6-829e-71f53ee5b246: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female of synonym Tectarchus diversus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562175; e0fb6f45-b766-4ab6-829e-71f53ee5b246: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female, dorsal view of synonym Tectarchus diversus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562175; e0fb6f45-b766-4ab6-829e-71f53ee5b246: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female, lateral view of synonym Tectarchus diversus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562175; e0fb6f45-b766-4ab6-829e-71f53ee5b246: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female: head & thorax, dorsal view of synonym Tectarchus diversus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562175; e0fb6f45-b766-4ab6-829e-71f53ee5b246: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female: head & thorax, lateral view of synonym Tectarchus diversus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562175; e0fb6f45-b766-4ab6-829e-71f53ee5b246: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female: end of abdomen, dorsal view of synonym Tectarchus diversus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562175; e0fb6f45-b766-4ab6-829e-71f53ee5b246: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Tectarchus diversus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562175; e0fb6f45-b766-4ab6-829e-71f53ee5b246: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female: end of abdomen, ventral view of synonym Tectarchus diversus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562175; e0fb6f45-b766-4ab6-829e-71f53ee5b246: copyright MONZ, Wellington. female, data labels of synonym Tectarchus diversus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562176; 552a0bcb-5e15-4c1a-bbf9-263e15029775: copyright MONZ, Wellington. male of synonym Tectarchus diversus (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562176; 552a0bcb-5e15-4c1a-bbf9-263e15029775: copyright MONZ, Wellington. male, dorsal view of synonym Tectarchus diversus (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562176; 552a0bcb-5e15-4c1a-bbf9-263e15029775: copyright MONZ, Wellington. male, lateral view of synonym Tectarchus diversus (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562176; 552a0bcb-5e15-4c1a-bbf9-263e15029775: copyright MONZ, Wellington. male: head & thorax, dorsal view of synonym Tectarchus diversus (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562176; 552a0bcb-5e15-4c1a-bbf9-263e15029775: copyright MONZ, Wellington. male: head & thorax, lateral view of synonym Tectarchus diversus (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562176; 552a0bcb-5e15-4c1a-bbf9-263e15029775: copyright MONZ, Wellington. male: end of abdomen, dorsal view of synonym Tectarchus diversus (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562176; 552a0bcb-5e15-4c1a-bbf9-263e15029775: copyright MONZ, Wellington. male: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Tectarchus diversus (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562176; 552a0bcb-5e15-4c1a-bbf9-263e15029775: copyright MONZ, Wellington. male: end of abdomen, ventral view of synonym Tectarchus diversus (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562177; bdc5ec59-4eec-4483-858a-c16620eea3d8: copyright NMW, Vienna. female of synonym Pachymorpha finitima (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562177; bdc5ec59-4eec-4483-858a-c16620eea3d8: copyright NMW, Vienna. female, lateral view of synonym Pachymorpha finitima (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562177; bdc5ec59-4eec-4483-858a-c16620eea3d8: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Pachymorpha finitima (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562177; bdc5ec59-4eec-4483-858a-c16620eea3d8: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Pachymorpha finitima (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563647; eaf668a1-1984-4d79-a126-6b13a462845c: copyright MNHN, Paris. female of synonym Pachymorpha finitima (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563647; eaf668a1-1984-4d79-a126-6b13a462845c: copyright MNHN, Paris. female: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Pachymorpha finitima (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1563647; eaf668a1-1984-4d79-a126-6b13a462845c: copyright MNHN, Paris. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Pachymorpha finitima (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (34)

Pachymorpha huttoni Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 213.
Syntype; male; 9103679c-d0f5-456e-af91-4a406dc2a5b5; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); New Zealand. Syntypes (n= 2); female; a896a9f7-0a5d-4958-9056-2ec727f0a418; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); New Zealand. Syntype; male; 2008df3b-3e3d-40d1-98a7-28cc90d48bb8; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); New Zealand: Nelson. Syntype; female; 6f5063aa-15e1-4e49-9af8-f9121a4daecb; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); New Zealand: Nelson
Pachymorpha finitima Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 215.
Syntype; bdc5ec59-4eec-4483-858a-c16620eea3d8; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); New Zealand. Syntype; female; eaf668a1-1984-4d79-a126-6b13a462845c; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); New Zealand

Tectarchus diversus Salmon, 1954: 163, figs.
Holotype; female; e0fb6f45-b766-4ab6-829e-71f53ee5b246; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Entomology (MONZ); New Zealand: Johnson’s Hill, Karori, Wellington
Pachymorpha huttoni Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Wise, 1977: 51.
Pachymorpha finitima Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Wise, 1977: 51.
Tectarchus diversus Salmon, 1954 in Wise, 1977: 51.
Tectarchus diversus Salmon, 1954 in Salmon, 1991: 100, figs..
Tectarchus diversus Salmon, 1954 in Buckley, 1995: 12.
Pachymorpha finitima Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Pachymorpha huttoni Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock, 1997: 21.
Tectarchus diversus Salmon, 1954 (subjective synonym of Pachymorpha huttoni Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock, 1997: 21.
Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock, 1997: 21.
Tectarchus diversus Salmon, 1954 in Sellick, 1998: 219. Phylogeny or classification
Pachymorpha finitima Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Pachymorpha huttoni Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock, 1998: 28.
Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock, 1998: 33.
Pachymorpha finitima Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Pachymorpha huttoni Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Jewell & Brock, 2003: 192.
Tectarchus diversus Salmon, 1954 (subjective synonym of Pachymorpha huttoni Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Jewell & Brock, 2003: 192.
Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Jewell & Brock, 2003: 192.
Pachymorpha finitima Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Pachymorpha huttoni Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 330.
Tectarchus diversus Salmon, 1954 (subjective synonym of Pachymorpha huttoni Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 330.
Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 2005: 30, fig.
Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 330.
Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Trewick, Morgan-Richards & Collins, 2008: 802. Phylogeny or classification
Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Harman, 2011: 10. Specimen or distribution
Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Buckley, Hitchmough, Rolfe & Stringer, 2014: 3. Ecological data
Pachymorpha finitima Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Pachymorpha huttoni Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock & Jewell, 2015: 13. Phylogeny or classification
Tectarchus diversus Salmon, 1954 (subjective synonym of Pachymorpha huttoni Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock & Jewell, 2015: 13. Phylogeny or classification
Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock, 2015: 10, figs. Image or description; Ecological data; Specimen or distribution
Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock & Jewell, 2015: 13. Phylogeny or classification
Pachymorpha finitima Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Pachymorpha huttoni Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Delfosse, Cliquennois, Depraetere & Robillard, 2019: 201. Specimen or distribution
Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 2019: 119. Image or description
Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Delfosse, Cliquennois, Depraetere & Robillard, 2019: 205. Specimen or distribution
Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 493, 556, figs. Image or description; Specimen or distribution

Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Merien, 2022: 79, 100. Behavior
Tectarchus huttoni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Cubillos Pefaur, 2023: 29. Phylogeny or classification

Nomenclature references (21)

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
Salmon, J.T. (1954) A new genus and species of Phasmidae from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society, New Zealand, 82(1), 161–168, pls. 7–9. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_82/rsnz_82_01_002020.pdf

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	3	4