Sermyle mexicana (Saussure, 1859)

Mexican Walkingstick

CollectionObject 1561589; e925a032-1684-467a-af20-26bc46a449de: copyright O. Zompro. female juv. of synonym Ceroys capreolus (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561879; 05e770bd-4413-43be-a4bf-4e5a48ea5640: copyright MHNG Geneva. female of Acanthoderus mexicanus (holotype, on left). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561879; 05e770bd-4413-43be-a4bf-4e5a48ea5640: copyright MHNG Geneva. female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561879; 05e770bd-4413-43be-a4bf-4e5a48ea5640: copyright MHNG Geneva. female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561879; 05e770bd-4413-43be-a4bf-4e5a48ea5640: copyright MHNG Geneva. female: head & thorax, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561879; 05e770bd-4413-43be-a4bf-4e5a48ea5640: copyright MHNG Geneva. female: head & thorax, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

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Nomenclature (25)

Acanthoderus mexicanus Saussure, 1859: 62.
Holotype; female; 05e770bd-4413-43be-a4bf-4e5a48ea5640; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Mexico: Portero
Ceroys capreolus Kaup, 1871: 34.
Lectotype; immature; e925a032-1684-467a-af20-26bc46a449de; deposited at: Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt (HLMD); Mexico
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Ceroys mexicanus (Saussure, 1859) in Saussure, 1872: 167, pl. 4:17-17a.
Sermyle mexicana (Saussure, 1859) in Stål, 1875: 76.
Sermyle mexicanus (Saussure, 1859) in Kirby, 1904: 345.
Caulonia capreolus (Kaup, 1871) in Kirby, 1904: 344.
Pygirhynchus capreolus (Kaup, 1871) in Redtenbacher, 1906: 59.
Ocnophila mexicana (Saussure, 1859) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 315.
Ocnophila mexicana (Saussure, 1859) in Shelford, 1909: 346.
Sermyle mexicana (Saussure, 1859) in Hebard, 1932: 216.
Sermyle mexicana (Saussure, 1859) in Hebard, 1943: 297, pl. 12:6.
Sermyle mexicana (Saussure, 1859) in Helfer, 1987: 23, fig.. Image or description
Sermyle mexicanus (Saussure, 1859) in Otte, 1997: 638.
Sermyle mexicana (Saussure, 1859) in Zompro, 1998: 70. Phylogeny or classification
Ceroys capreolus Kaup, 1871 (subjective synonym of Acanthoderus mexicanus Saussure, 1859) in Zompro, 2001: 134.
Sermyle mexicana (Saussure, 1859) in Zompro, 2001: 218.
Sermyle mexicana (Saussure, 1859) in Stidham & Stidham, 2001: 36. Specimen or distribution
Sermyle mexicana (Saussure, 1859) in Zompro & Brock, 2003: 16.
Ceroys capreolus Kaup, 1871 (subjective synonym of Acanthoderus mexicanus Saussure, 1859) in Zompro, 2004: 92.
Ceroys capreolus Kaup, 1871 (subjective synonym of Acanthoderus mexicanus Saussure, 1859) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 314.
Sermyle mexicana (Saussure, 1859) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 314.
Sermyle mexicana (Saussure, 1859) in Arment, 2006: 34.
Sermyle mexicana (Saussure, 1859) in López-Mora & Llorente-Bousquets, 2018: 49. Specimen or distribution

Sermyle mexicana (Saussure, 1859) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 515. Specimen or distribution
Sermyle mexicana (Saussure, 1859) in Luna, 2022: 93. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (24)

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
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
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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

Hebard, M. (1932) New species and records of Mexican Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 58, 201–237. Available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25077283?seq=1

Hebard, M. (1943) The Dermaptera and Orthopterous families Blattidae, Mantidae and Phasmidae of Texas. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 68, 239–310, pl. 12–13. Available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25077498?refreqid=excelsior%3A91853338237a00f1c7c21c87b9fd348e&seq=1

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

Kaup, J.J. (1871) Neue Phasmiden. Berliner Entomologische Zeitung, 15, 25–42, pl. 2. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Deutsche-Ent-Zeitschrift_15_0025-0042.pdf

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

Luna, M.de (2022) Checklist of stick insects (Insecta: Phasmatodea) of North America, with three new records for Nuevo León, México. Phasmid Studies, 21, 90–105. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/367348159_Checklist_of_stick_insects_Insecta_Phasmatodea_of_North_America_with_three_new_records_for_Nuevo_Leon_Mexico

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

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

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/

Redtenbacher, J. (1906) Phasmidae Areolatae. In Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. Vol. 1, 1–180, pls 1–6. [in German] Available at http://www.archive.org/details/DieInsektenfamilieDerPhasmidenVol.1

Saussure, H.L.F.de (1859) Orthoptera Nova Americana. (Diagnosis Praeliminares I). Revue et Magazine de Zoologie, (2)11, 59–63. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48711#page/63/mode/1up

Saussure, H.L.F.de (1868) Phasmidarum novarum species nonullae. Revue et Magazine de Zoologie, (2)20, 63–70. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20627#page/69/mode/1up

Saussure, H.L.F.de (1872) Etudes sur les insectes orthoptères. Familles des phasmides et des mantides. In M. Edwards (Ed.). Etudes sur les insectes orthoptères. Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l’Amérique Centrale. Recherches zoologiques. Imprimerie impériale, Paris. Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 125–201, pl. 3–4. [1870; in French] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207775#page/139/mode/1up

Shelford, R.W.C. (1909) Family Phasmidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta Orthoptera 2, 343–377, pl. 5–8. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_02_00/bca_20_02_00select.cfm

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

Zompro, O. & Brock, P.D. (2003) Catalogue of type-material of stick-insects housed in the Muséum d histoire naturelle, Geneva, with descriptions of some new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 110(1), 3–43, 62 figs. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/128314#page/5/mode/1up

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

Zompro, O. (2001) A generic revision of the insect order Phasmatodea: The New World genera of the stick insect subfamily Diapheromeridae: Diapheromerinae = Heteronemiidae Heteronemiinae sensu Bradley & Galil, 1977. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 108(1), 189–255. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41186821#page/207/mode/1up

Zompro, O. (2001) The type-material of Phasmatodea, described by Johann Jacob Kaup. Senckenbergiana biologica, 81(1/2), 133–145, 23 figs. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/27280461_The_type-material_of_the_insect_order_Phasmatodea_described_by_Johann_Jacob_KAUP_Insecta_Phasmatodea
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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	7	8