species

Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875)

Giant Walkingstick

Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875): copyright T. Maginnis. female in nature. (Otu).

Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875): copyright T. Maginnis. large male nymph in nature (mottled form). (Otu).

Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875): copyright T. Maginnis. mating pair (note, attachments are for research project identification). (Otu).

Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875): copyright T. Maginnis. end of abdomen in mating pair. (Otu).

CollectionObject 1559766; 67819495-80d0-4294-b928-c64a8031fb66: copyright NHRS, Stockholm. female (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (30)

Diapheromera denticrus Stål, 1875: 76.
Holotype; female; 67819495-80d0-4294-b928-c64a8031fb66; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); United States: Opelousas
Diapheromera denticrus Stål, 1875 in Scudder, 1901: 187.
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Diapheromera dentricus [sic] (Stål, 1875) in Caudell, 1903: 780.
Diapheromera dentricus [sic] (Stål, 1875) (misspelling of Diapheromera denticrus Stål, 1875) in Caudell, 1903: 780.
Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875) in Rehn, 1903: 329. Specimen or distribution
Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875) in Kirby, 1904: 347.
Diapheromera denticrus Stål, 1875 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 338.
Diapheromera denticrus Stål, 1875 in Shelford, 1909: 354.
Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875) in Somes, 1916: 269. Specimen or distribution
Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875) in Blatchley, 1924: 128.
Diapheromera denticrus Stål, 1875 in Sjöstedt, 1933: 5.
Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875) in Gurney, 1947: 373. Specimen or distribution
Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875) in Wilkins & Breland, 1951: 305, figs. Image or description; Life history
Diapheromera armata Piza, 1973: 183.
Holotype; male; f6ddcbfa-fe65-42a4-bded-dd97e723eb05; deposited at: Escola Superior de Agricultura (ESRN); Brazil: Minas Gerais, Lavras
Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875) in Arnold, 1973: 107. Specimen or distribution
Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875) in Arnett, 1985: 115.
Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875) in Helfer, 1987: 22, fig.. Image or description
Megaphasma denticus [sic] Stål, 1875 in Sellick, 1988: 280.
Megaphasma denticus [sic] Stål, 1875 (misspelling of Diapheromera denticrus Stål, 1875) in Sellick, 1988: 280.
Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875) in Otte, 1997: 638. Phylogeny or classification
Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875) in Zompro, 1998: 51. Phylogeny or classification
Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875) in Stidham & Stidham, 2001: 36. Specimen or distribution
Megaphasma denticrum (Stål, 1875) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 198.
Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875) in Arment, 2006: 29.
Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875) in López-Mora & Llorente-Bousquets, 2018: 48. Specimen or distribution
Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 235, 513, figs. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Diapheromera armata Piza, 1973 (subjective synonym of Diapheromera denticrus Stål, 1875) in Ghirotto, Crispino, Engelking, Neves, Góis & Chiquetto-Machado, 2022: 78. Phylogeny or classification
Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875) in Luna, 2022: 92, 95, figs. Specimen or distribution

Diapheromera dentricus [sic] (Stål, 1875) (misspelling of Diapheromera denticrus Stål, 1875) in Heleodoro & Rafael, 2023: 15. Phylogeny or classification
Megaphasma denticrus (Stål, 1875) in Janowiecki, 2026: 31-35. Life zone and ecology data

Nomenclature references (28)

Arment, C. (2006) Stick Insects of the Continental United States and Canada: species and early studies. Coachwhip Publications, Landisville, Pennsylvania, 202 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=3MSJUzU76YgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Stick+Insects+of+the+Continental+United+States+And+Canada
Arnett, R.H. (1985) In American insects: a handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico. First edition. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York.
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Arnold, D.C. (1973) Walkingsticks (Orthoptera: Phasmatidae) of Oklahoma. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, 53, 106–108. Available at http://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/OAS/article/view/4861/4531

Blatchley, W.S. (1924) Notes on the Orthoptera of the Eastern United States. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 32, 127–132. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33775

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

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

Caudell, A.N. (1903) Notes on Orthoptera from Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 26(1333), 775–809. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32571#page/903/mode/1up

Ghirotto, V.M., Crispino, E.B., Engelking, P.W., Neves, P.A.B.A., Góis, J. & Chiquetto-Machado, P.I. (2022) Arumatia, a new genus of Diapheromerinae stick insects (Insecta, Phasmatodea) from Brazil, with description of five new species and reassessment of species misplaced in Australian genera. European Journal of Taxonomy, 827(1), 1–85. Available at http://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1849

Gurney, A.B. (1947) Notes on some remarkable Australasian walkingsticks, including a synopsis of the genus Extatosoma (Orthoptera: Phasmatidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 40, 373–396. Available at http://academic.oup.com/aesa/article-abstract/40/3/373/18697

Heleodoro, R.A. & Rafael, J.A. (2023) The taxonomic catalog of the Brazilian fauna: Dermaptera and Phasmatodea (Insecta), with commentaries on species list, types, authorship and distribution. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 40, e22060: 17 pages. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-4689.v40.e22060

Helfer, J.R. (1987) In How to know the grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches and their allies. Dover Publications Inc., Toronto. 1–364 pp.

Janowiecki, M. (2026) The giant walking stick (Megaphasma denticrus) feeding on eastern cedar (Juniperus virginiana). Phasmid Studies, 22, 31–35.

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

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López-Mora, U. & Llorente-Bousquets, J. (2018) Lista de especies y clave ilustrada de los géneros de Phasmatodea (Insecta) de México [Checklist and illustrated key of the Phasmatodea (Insecta) genera from Mexico]. 89, 46–78. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/323995926_Checklist_and_illustrated_key_of_the_Phasmatodea_Insecta_genera_from_Mexico

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Otte, D. (1997) Phasmatodea. In R.W. Poole & P. Gentili (Eds.). Nomina Insecta Nearctica. A check list of the insects of North America. Volume 4 Non-holometabolous orders. Entomological Information Services, Rockville, Maryland. pp. 635–639. Available at http://bioquipinc.com/catalog/books/nomina-insecta-nearctica/

Piza, S.de T., Jr. (1973) Insetos Novos de Lavras. Revista de Agricultura, Piracicaba, 48, 181–184.

Rehn, J.A.G. (1903) Notes and remarks on North American Blattidae, Mantidae & Phasmidae, with a catalogue of the Forficulidae, Blattidae, Mantidae and Phasmidae recorded from Texas. Entomological News, 14, 325–331. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4614477#page/369/mode/1up

Scudder, S.H. (1901) The species of Diapheromera (Phasmidae) found in the United States and Canada. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 9, 187–189. Available at http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/1901/038290.pdf

Sellick, J.T.C. (1988) The capitula of phasmid eggs: an update with a review of the current state of phasmid ootaxonomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 93, 273–282. Available at http://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/93/3/273/2658287?redirectedFrom=fulltext

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Sjöstedt, Y. (1933) Orthopterentypen im Naturhistorischen Reichsmuseum zu Stockholm. 7. Phasmidae. Arkiv för Zoologi, 25A(16), 1–10.

Somes, M.P. (1916) The Phasmidae of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri (Orth.). Entomological News, 27, 269–271. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2560670#page/329/mode/1up

Stidham, J.A. & Stidham, T.A. (2001) Preliminary checklist of the orthopteroid insects (Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea,Orthoptera) of Texas. Insecta Mundi, 15(1), 35–44. Available at http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1179&context=insectamundi

Stål, C. (1875) Recensio orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, DeGeer et Thunberg. 3. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 32, 1–105. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924018284798

Wilkins, O.P. & Breland, O.P. (1951) Notes on the giant walking stick, Megaphasma denticrus (Stål) (Orthoptera: Phasmatidae). Texas Journal of Science, 2, 305–310.
Zompro, O. (1998) Revision nearktischer und neotropischer Genera der Insektenordnung Phasmatodea, insbesondere der Familie Heteronemiidae sensu Bradley & Galil [UNPUBLISHED]. PhD thesis. Universität zu Kiel, Kiel. [in German] Available at http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Oliver_Zompro

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	5	6