Species

Bactricia bituberculata (Schaum, 1857)

CollectionObject 1557399; 0e7fe868-4a1d-4bd3-af5b-c99814a9e649: copyright ZMB, Berlin. female of Bacteria bituberculata (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557399; 0e7fe868-4a1d-4bd3-af5b-c99814a9e649: copyright ZMB, Berlin. female, lateral view of Bacteria bituberculata (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557399; 0e7fe868-4a1d-4bd3-af5b-c99814a9e649: copyright ZMB, Berlin. female: head and thorax of Bacteria bituberculata (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557399; 0e7fe868-4a1d-4bd3-af5b-c99814a9e649: copyright ZMB, Berlin. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of Bacteria bituberculata (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557399; 0e7fe868-4a1d-4bd3-af5b-c99814a9e649: fcopyright ZMB, Berlin. female, ventral view of Bacteria bituberculata (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557400; a4201265-e4a5-4a62-be2f-58ec38975bd1: copyright OUMNH. female of synonym Phibalosoma calametum (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557400; a4201265-e4a5-4a62-be2f-58ec38975bd1: copyright OUMNH. female: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Phibalosoma calametum (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557400; a4201265-e4a5-4a62-be2f-58ec38975bd1: copyright OUMNH. female: head, dorsal view of synonym Phibalosoma calametum (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557400; a4201265-e4a5-4a62-be2f-58ec38975bd1: copyright OUMNH. female head of synonym Phibalosoma calametum (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557400; a4201265-e4a5-4a62-be2f-58ec38975bd1: copyright OUMNH. female: end of abdomen, dorsal view of synonym Phibalosoma calametum (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557400; a4201265-e4a5-4a62-be2f-58ec38975bd1: copyright OUMNH. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Phibalosoma calametum (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557401; c6288489-e451-425b-9db5-50f4ddcef3cf: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female of synonym Hyrtacus carinatus (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557402; 4e4ceb52-ad05-4ec8-8f96-df79008f9fb4: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female of synonym Hyrtacus carinatus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557401; c6288489-e451-425b-9db5-50f4ddcef3cf: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, lateral view of synonym Hyrtacus carinatus (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557402; 4e4ceb52-ad05-4ec8-8f96-df79008f9fb4: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, lateral view of synonym Hyrtacus carinatus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557401; c6288489-e451-425b-9db5-50f4ddcef3cf: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, data labels of synonym Hyrtacus carinatus (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557402; 4e4ceb52-ad05-4ec8-8f96-df79008f9fb4: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, data labels of synonym Hyrtacus carinatus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557401; c6288489-e451-425b-9db5-50f4ddcef3cf: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male of synonym Hyrtacus carinatus (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557402; 4e4ceb52-ad05-4ec8-8f96-df79008f9fb4: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male of synonym Hyrtacus carinatus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557401; c6288489-e451-425b-9db5-50f4ddcef3cf: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, lateral view of synonym Hyrtacus carinatus (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557402; 4e4ceb52-ad05-4ec8-8f96-df79008f9fb4: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, lateral view of synonym Hyrtacus carinatus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557401; c6288489-e451-425b-9db5-50f4ddcef3cf: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, data labels of synonym Hyrtacus carinatus (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557402; 4e4ceb52-ad05-4ec8-8f96-df79008f9fb4: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, data labels of synonym Hyrtacus carinatus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557403; NMW 673, 8665f898-6eff-468b-a29c-744ee0b517d3: copyright NMW, Vienna. female of synonym Bactricia irregularis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557403; NMW 673, 8665f898-6eff-468b-a29c-744ee0b517d3: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Bactricia irregularis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557403; NMW 673, 8665f898-6eff-468b-a29c-744ee0b517d3: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: head and thorax, dorsal view of synonym Bactricia irregularis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557404; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 844579, f982ad17-1fb2-4306-b659-c030ef0331f6: copyright Natural History Museum London. male of synonym Bacteria trophinus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (31)

Bacteria bituberculata Schaum, 1857: 423.
Holotype; female; 0e7fe868-4a1d-4bd3-af5b-c99814a9e649; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Berlin, German (ZMHUB); Mozambique
Bacteria bituberculata Schaum, 1857 in Westwood, 1859: 180.

Bacteria trophinus Westwood, 1859: 30, pl. 5:5.
Holotype; male; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 844579; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Durban 'Port Natal'
Bacteria bituberculata Schaum, 1857 in Peters, 1862: 558.
Phibalosoma calametum Bates, 1865: 341.
Holotype; female; a4201265-e4a5-4a62-be2f-58ec38975bd1; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Caffraria [probably Natal]
Bactricia trophimus [sic] Westwood, 1859 in Kirby, 1896: 463.
Scaphegyna calametum (Bates, 1865) in Karsch, 1898: 367.
Hyrtacus carinatus Kirby, 1902: 46, pl. 2:3-4.
Syntype; male; c6288489-e451-425b-9db5-50f4ddcef3cf; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Barberton. Syntype; female; 4e4ceb52-ad05-4ec8-8f96-df79008f9fb4; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Barberton
Hyrtacus carinatus Kirby, 1902 in Kirby, 1904: 331.
Phibalosoma calametum Bates, 1865 in Kirby, 1904: 327.
Bactricia trophinus (Westwood, 1859) in Kirby, 1904: 327. Phylogeny or classification
Bactricia irregularis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 330.
Holotype; female; NMW 673; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Cape of Good Hope
Phibalosoma calametum Bates, 1865 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 330.
Bactricia trophinus (Westwood, 1859) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 330. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Bactricia trophinus (Westwood, 1859) in Zompro, 1998: 78. Phylogeny or classification
Bacteria trophinus Westwood, 1859 (subjective synonym of Bacteria bituberculata Schaum, 1857) in Brock, 2004: 62.
Bactricia irregularis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Bacteria bituberculata Schaum, 1857) in Brock, 2004: 62.
Hyrtacus carinatus Kirby, 1902 (subjective synonym of Bacteria bituberculata Schaum, 1857) in Brock, 2004: 62.
Phibalosoma calametum Bates, 1865 (subjective synonym of Bacteria bituberculata Schaum, 1857) in Brock, 2004: 62.
Bactricia bituberculata (Schaum, 1857) in Brock, 2004: 62, figs. 1-2.
Bacteria trophinus Westwood, 1859 (subjective synonym of Bacteria bituberculata Schaum, 1857) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 67.
Bactricia irregularis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Bacteria bituberculata Schaum, 1857) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 67.
Hyrtacus carinatus Kirby, 1902 (subjective synonym of Bacteria bituberculata Schaum, 1857) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 67.
Phibalosoma calametum Bates, 1865 (subjective synonym of Bacteria bituberculata Schaum, 1857) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 67.
Bactricia bituberculata (Schaum, 1857) in Zompro, 2005: 256.
Bactricia bituberculata (Schaum, 1857) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 67.
Bacteria trophinus Westwood, 1859 (subjective synonym of Bacteria bituberculata Schaum, 1857) in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 200. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Hyrtacus carinatus Kirby, 1902 (subjective synonym of Bacteria bituberculata Schaum, 1857) in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 164. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Bactricia bituberculata (Schaum, 1857) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 511. Specimen or distribution

Bactricia bituberculata (Schaum, 1857) in Villet, 2024: 1. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Bactricia trophimus [sic] Westwood, 1859 (misspelling of Bacteria trophinus Westwood, 1859)

Nomenclature references (17)

Bates, H.W. (1865) Descriptions of fifty-two new species of Phasmidae from the collection of Mr W. Wilson Saunders, with remarks on the family. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 25(2), 321–359, pls. 44–46. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87719#page/366/mode/1up
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

Brock, P.D. (2004) Taxonomic notes on giant southern African stick insects (Phasmida), including the description of a new Bactrododema species. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 41, 61–77. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/346966719_Taxonomic_notes_on_giant_southern_African_stick_insects_Phasmida_including_the_description_of_a_new_Bactrododema_species

Brock, P.D., Marshall, J.A., Beccaloni, G.W. & Harman, A.J.E. (2016) The types of Phasmida in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Zootaxa, 4179(2), 151–208. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/309585799_The_types_of_Phasmida_in_the_Natural_History_Museum_London_UK

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

Karsch, F.A.F. (1898) Vorarbeiten zu einer Orthopterologie Ostafrika's. I. Die Gespenstheuschrecken, Phasmodea. Entomologische Nachrichten, 24, 359–383. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42365#page/373/mode/1up

Kirby, W.F. (1896) On some new or rare Phasmidae in the collection of the British Museum. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 6(6), 447–475, pl. 39–40. Available at http://academic.oup.com/transactionslinneanzoo/article-abstract/6/6/447/3608803?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Kirby, W.F. (1902) Phasmidae [in Orthoptera section]. In W.L. Distant (Ed.). Insecta Transvaaliensia. A contribution to the knowledge of the Entomology of South Africa. H L Distant, London. pp. 42–48, pl. 2.

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

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

Peters, W.C.H. (1862) In Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique. Verlag Georg Reimer, Berlin.

Schaum, H.R. (1857) Beschreibung einer neuen Bacteria (B. bituberculata). Monatsberichte der königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 13, 423–424.

Van den Bussche, R.A., Willig, M.R., Chesser, R.K. & Waide, R.B. (1988) Genetic variation and systematics of four taxa of neotropical walking sticks (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society, Washington, 90(4), 422–427. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16144848#page/440/mode/1up

Villet, M.H. (2024) “Bactricia nematodes Kby., 1894” (Phasmida, Diapheromeridae, Diapheromerinae) is a nomen nudum. African Invertebrates, 65(1), 1–7. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin-Villet

Westwood, J.O. (1859) Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. British Museum, London, 196 pp, 48 pl. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofortho00brituoft

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. (2005) Catalogue of type-material of the insect order Phasmatodea, housed in the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany and in the Institut für Zoologie der Martin-Luther-Universität zin Halle (Saale), Germany. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 52(2), 251–290. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/230127862_Catalogue_of_type-material_of_the_insect_order_Phasmatodea_housed_in_the_Museum_fur_Naturkunde_der_Humboldt-Universitat_zu_Berlin_Germany_and_in_the_Institut_fur_Zoologie_der_Martin-Luther-Universitat

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	8	9