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Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896
Peppermint Stick-insect
Nomenclature (48)
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896: 471. (valid)
Lectotype; female; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 845071; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Solomon Is.
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Kirby, 1904: 385.
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- Megacrania batesi [sic] Kirby, 1896 in Redtenbacher, 1908: 362, 369, pl. 16:16, 17:1.
- Megacrania batesi [sic] Kirby, 1896 (misspelling of Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896) in Redtenbacher, 1908: 362, 369, pl. 16:16, 17:1.
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Giglio-Tos, 1910: 35.
- Megacrania batesi [sic] Kirby, 1896 (synonym of Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896) in Bruner, 1915: 233. Specimen or distribution
- Megacrania batesi [sic] Kirby, 1896 (synonym of Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1929: 624. Specimen or distribution
- Megacrania batesi [sic] Kirby, 1896 (synonym of Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1932: 779. Specimen or distribution
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 (subjective synonym of Platycrania [sic] alpheus Westwood, 1859) in Günther, 1935: 126.
- Megacrania batesi Kirby, 1896 in Yasumatsu, 1942: 12.
- Megacrania batesi [sic] Kirby, 1896 (synonym of Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896) in Yasumatsu, 1942: 12. Image or description
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Franzman, 1974: 63.
- Megacrania batesi [sic] Kirby, 1896 (synonym of Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896) in Sellick, 1980: 103, fig. 53. Phylogeny or classification
- Megacrania batesi [sic] Kirby, 1896 (synonym of Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896) in Vanschuytbroeck & Cools, 1981: 13. Specimen or distribution
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Vickery, 1983: 8.
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Rentz, 1996: 256, pl. 417-418.
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Hughes, 1996: 34, fig..
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Kevan & Vickery, 1997: 328. Specimen or distribution
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Balderson, Rentz & Roach, 1998: 372.
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 (subjective synonym of Platycrania [sic] alpheus Westwood, 1859) in Herwaarden, 1998: 98.
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Cermak & Hasenpusch, 2000: 101, figs..
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Hsiung & Yang, 2000: 71.
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 (subjective synonym of Platycrania [sic] alpheus Westwood, 1859) in Bragg, 2001: 402.
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Seiler & Bradler, 2002: 38.
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Zborowski & Storey, 2003: 76, fig..
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Brock, 2003: 223.
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 (subjective synonym of Platycrania [sic] alpheus Westwood, 1859) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 197. Specimen or distribution
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 74.
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Hsiung, 2007: 212, fig..
- Megacrania batesi [sic] Kirby, 1896 (synonym of Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896) in Lit & Eusebio, 2008: 121. Specimen or distribution
- Megacrania batesi [sic] Kirby, 1896 (synonym of Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896) in Henderson, Henderson & Sinclair, 2008: 88, fig.. Life history
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Buckley, Attanayake & Bradler, 2009: 1058. Phylogeny or classification
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Krijns, 2009: 19, fig. (front cover). Life history
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2009: 36, 122-123, figs.. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution; Life history; Behavior
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Baker, 2015: 14. Ecological data
- Megacrania batesi [sic] Kirby, 1896 (synonym of Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896) in Baker, 2015: 3.
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Harman, 2015: 26. Specimen or distribution
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 161. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Ripper, 2016: 18, fig.. Image or description
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in O'Hanlon, Jones & Bulbert, 2020: 2, fig.. Image or description
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Hennemann, 2020: 165. Specimen or distribution
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Harman, 2020: 45. Specimen or distribution
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Jones & Bulbert, 2020: 1. Behavior
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: pl. 7.2, 8.1, 23.21, 24.1 & 43, 476, 556, fig. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Boldbaatar, 2022: 1-74. Behavior; Life zone and ecology data
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Miller, Wilner, Boldbaatar & Bonduriansky, 2024: 1-15. Life zone and ecology data
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Boldbaatar, Vasconcelos, Burke & Bonduriansky, 2024: 1-20. Behavior; Life zone and ecology data
- Megacrania batesii Kirby, 1896 in Ying, Wilner, Adler, Wylde & Bonduriansky, 2024: 1. Behavior
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Descendants and synonyms
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| species | 3 | 1 | 2 |