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Diapheromera (Diapheromera) femorata (Say, 1824)

Common American Walkingstick; Northern Walkingstick

CollectionObject 1558355; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 844530, 3d56d04a-b0f9-4ef5-849f-9caed3e2a418: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male of synonym Diapheromera sayi (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (125)

Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824: 297. (valid)
Syntype; male; 83a1f5c6-d648-4604-989d-e82bca2e1072; United States: Niagra Falls. Syntype; female; 2e187d7e-4575-4660-a2c0-6a5c0d79088c; United States: Niagra Falls
Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824 in Say, 1828: 4-5, pl. 37.
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Diapheromera sayi Gray, 1835: 18.
Syntype; female; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 844530; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); United States: Illinois
Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824 (subjective synonym of Diapheromera sayi Gray, 1835) in Audinet-Serville, 1838: 247.
Diapheromera sayi Gray, 1835 in Audinet-Serville, 1838: 247.
Bacteria (Bacunculus) sayi (Gray, 1835) in Burmeister, 1838: 566.
Bacteria sayi (Gray, 1835) in Charpentier, 1841: 303. Phylogeny or classification
Bacteria sayi (Gray, 1835) in Charpentier, 1845: pl. 6. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824 in Jaeger, 1854: 123.
Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824 in Gibb, 1859: 127. Behavior
Bacteria linearis Gosse, 1859: 275.
Diapheromera sayi Gray, 1835 in Westwood, 1859: 20.
Spectrum betulla Taylor, 1862: 493.
Syntype; 35a7a69d-041d-4df7-b17a-cde6804f6505; United States: Montreal and Niagara Falls
Diapheromera sayi Gray, 1835 in Saussure, 1872: 165.
Diapheromera sayi Gray, 1835 in Stål, 1875: 76.
Bacteria linearis Gosse, 1859 (synonym of Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824) in Scudder, 1901: 188.
Diapheromera sayi Gray, 1835 (subjective synonym of Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824) in Scudder, 1901: 188.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Scudder, 1901: 189.
Bacteria linearis Gosse, 1859 (synonym of Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824) in Caudell, 1903: 873.
Diapheromera sayi Gray, 1835 (subjective synonym of Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824) in Caudell, 1903: 873.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Rehn, 1903: 331. Specimen or distribution
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Weed, 1903: 58, figs..
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Caudell, 1903: 874.
Bacteria linearis Gosse, 1859 (synonym of Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824) in Kirby, 1904: 347.
Diapheromera sayi Gray, 1835 (subjective synonym of Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824) in Kirby, 1904: 347.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Kirby, 1904: 346.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Marshall & Severin, 1906: 215-244, pl. 18-23.
Bacunculus laevissimus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 336.
Syntype; female; NMW 022/02; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); United States: St. Louis. Syntype; female; bda523b3-d928-4ed4-b752-5385a1946d4e; deposited at: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany (SMNS); United States: St. Louis
Diapheromera sayi Gray, 1835 (subjective synonym of Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 337.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 337.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in La Baume, 1908: 55.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Severin & Severin, 1910: 479.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Severin, 1910: 83.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Severin & Severin, 1911: 121.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Severin & Severin, 1911: 187.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Severin & Severin, 1911: 307.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Rehn & Hebard, 1911: 587.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Meissner, 1912: 154.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Meissner, 1912: 186. Life history
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Corfe, 1912: 350. Life history
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Severin & Severin, 1913: 14. Behavior
Heteronemia laevissimus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Caudell, 1913: 613. Phylogeny or classification
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Somes, 1916: 270. Specimen or distribution
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Blatchley, 1920: 133, figs 54ab-55.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Morse, 1920: 322.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Hutchins, 1920: 241, pl. 7. Image or description; Ecological data
Heteronemia laevissimus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Blatchley, 1920: 1920. Specimen or distribution
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Hutchings, 1920: 241, pl. 7. Life history; Image or description
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Hebard, 1925: 43.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Essig, 1926: 108. Image or description
Bacunculus laevissimus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Hebard, 1931: 131. Phylogeny or classification
Bacunculus laevissimus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824) in Hebard, 1931: 131.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Hebard, 1931: 131.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Hebard, 1935: 50.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Polak, 1939: 164, fig. Image or description
Diapheromera (Diapheromera) femorata (Say, 1824) in Yasumatsu, 1942: 5, figs..
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Ball, Tinkham, Flock & Vorhies, 1942: 273. Ecological data; Specimen or distribution
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Hebard, 1943: 304.
Diapheromera (Diapheromera) femorata (Say, 1824) in Teale, 1947: 256, figs..
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Tinkham, 1948: 562.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Milliron, 1950: 47.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Ebner, 1961: 32.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Wilson, 1964: 1.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Oatman, 1965: 587.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Knauer & Giese, 1970: 341.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Hodson, 1972: 876-882.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Arnold, 1973: 107. Specimen or distribution
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Sellick, 1976: 100.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Bedford, 1978: 126. Phylogeny or classification
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Sellick, 1980: 39. Phylogeny or classification
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Vanschuytbroeck & Cools, 1981: 2. Specimen or distribution
Diapheromera (Diapheromera) femorata (Say, 1824) in Vickery & Kevan, 1983: 296, fig. Image or description
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Carlberg, 1983: 445. Behavior
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Brock, 1985: 31.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Brock, 1985: 6.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Arnett, 1985: 114, fig..
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Carlberg, 1986: 1.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Vickery & Kevan, 1986: 58.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Helfer, 1987: 23, fig. 32. Image or description
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Baccetti, 1987: 117. Phylogeny or classification
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Carlberg, 1987: 48. Life history
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Carlberg, 1987: 47. Structure
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Saure, 1988: 1. Physiology
Spectrum betulla Taylor, 1862 (subjective synonym of Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824) in Kevan, 1989: 5.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Kevan, 1990: 23. Specimen or distribution
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Brock, 1992: 13, 24, figs. Image or description; Life history
Bacunculus laevissimus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Hennemann, Gehler & Conle, 1995: 436. Phylogeny or classification
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Schulten, 1995: 29, figs..
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Crosby-Clark, 1995: 8. Specimen or distribution
Bacunculus laevissimus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824) in Otte, 1997: 638.
Diapheromera sayi Gray, 1835 (subjective synonym of Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824) in Otte, 1997: 638. Phylogeny or classification
Diapheromera femoratum (Say, 1824) in Otte, 1997: 638. Phylogeny or classification
Bacunculus laevissimus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Brock, 1998: 38. Phylogeny or classification
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Sellick, 1998: 213. Phylogeny or classification
Diapheromera (Diapheromera) femorata (Say, 1824) in Lipinski, Greven, Schulten & Löser, 1999: 14, figs.
Diapheromera (Diapheromera) femorata (Say, 1824) in Zompro, 2001: 210.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Stidham & Stidham, 2001: 36. Specimen or distribution
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Baker & Chandrapatya, 2001: 849. Phylogeny or classification
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Baxter, 2002: 45, figs.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Gregory, 2002: 1303.
Bacunculus laevissimus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Hennemann & Conle, 2003: 4. Phylogeny or classification
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Brock, 2003: 227, fig. 5, 230.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Whiting, Bradler & Maxwell, 2003: 265.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Brock, 2003: 14.
Bacteria linearis Gosse, 1859 (synonym of Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 122.
Bacunculus laevissimus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824) in Zompro, 2005: 6.
Bacunculus laevissimus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 122.
Diapheromera sayi Gray, 1835 (subjective synonym of Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 122.
Spectrum betulla Taylor, 1862 (subjective synonym of Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 122.
Diapheromera (Diapheromera) femorata (Say, 1824) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 121.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Arment, 2006: 21.
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Evans, 2007: 105, fig. Image or description
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Buckley, Attanayake & Bradler, 2009: 1058. Phylogeny or classification
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Harman, 2011: 10. Specimen or distribution
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Shelomi, Sitepu, Boundy-Mills & Kimsey, 2015: 2. Structure
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Baker, 2015: 7. Ecological data
Diapheromera sayi Gray, 1835 (subjective synonym of Spectrum femoratum Say, 1824) in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 193. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Marshall, 2017: 64, 70, fig. Specimen or distribution
Diapheromera (Diapheromera) femorata (Say, 1824) in López-Mora & Llorente-Bousquets, 2018: 48. Specimen or distribution
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Miskelly & Paiero, 2019: 264. Specimen or distribution
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Tihelka, Cai, Giacomelli, Pisani & Donoghue, 2020: 3, fig. Image or description
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Liu, 2021: 1. Ecological data; Life history
Diapheromera (Diapheromera) femorata (Say, 1824) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 233, 512, figs. Specimen or distribution

Diapheromera (Diapheromera) femorata (Say, 1824) in Luna, 2022: 92. Specimen or distribution
Diapheromera femorata (Say, 1824) in Malinski & Hurrle, 2026: 781-784. Behavior; Specimen or distribution

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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	10	11