Species

Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar, 1895)

Common Seychelles Stick-insect

CollectionObject 1557739; db490008-f49e-4ccb-8d83-363d971772f0: copyright MNCN, Madrid. female (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557739; db490008-f49e-4ccb-8d83-363d971772f0: copyright MNCN, Madrid. female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557739; db490008-f49e-4ccb-8d83-363d971772f0: copyright MNCN, Madrid. female, lateral view showing data (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557739; db490008-f49e-4ccb-8d83-363d971772f0: copyright MNCN, Madrid. female: head & thorax, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557739; db490008-f49e-4ccb-8d83-363d971772f0: copyright MNCN, Madrid. female: end of abdomen, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557741; 04e653f0-3bb1-4110-934d-f30c34e02544: copyright MNHN, Paris, Pantel coll. female of synonym Carausius jesuitae (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (32)

Lonchodes sechellensis Bolívar, 1895: 373.
Syntype; female; db490008-f49e-4ccb-8d83-363d971772f0; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); Seychelles: Mahé. Syntype; male; 45d4be63-f164-49b4-b4fc-db691e5baf6d; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); Seychelles: Mahé. Syntypes (n= 4); male; 9ad46753-513b-4724-aa34-58dd706dc9bb; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Seychelles: Mahé. Syntypes (n= 2); female; 91344260-ea8e-4935-b203-bd37b38f7548; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Seychelles: Mahé
Staelonchodes sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Kirby, 1904: 318.

Carausius jesuitae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 274.
Holotype; female; 04e653f0-3bb1-4110-934d-f30c34e02544; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); China: Canton [a label states 'error?'Clearly this is sechellensis from the Seychelles]
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 274, pl. 12:6.
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Bolívar & Ferrière, 1912: 295. Specimen or distribution
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Bradley, 1967: 26.
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Crotch & Et Al., 1970: 16.
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Brock, 1983: 3. Ecological data
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Brock, 1985: 30.
Carausius jesuitae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Cai, 1987: 27. Specimen or distribution
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Matyot, 1989: 215.
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Matyot, 1989: 5. Image or description; Specimen or distribution; Behavior
Carausius seychellensis [sic] Bolívar, 1895 in Brock, 1992: 13, 50.
Carausius seychellensis [sic] Bolívar, 1895 (misspelling of Lonchodes sechellensis Bolívar, 1895) in Brock, 1992: 13, 50.
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Matyot, 1992: 17.
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Paris, 1994: 172.
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Sellick, 1998: 216. Phylogeny or classification
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Seiler, Bradler & Koch, 2000: 57, figs.
Carausius seychellensis [sic] Bolívar, 1895 in Harding & Thompson, 2002: 54. Life zone and ecology data
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Brock, 2003: 49.
Carausius jesuitae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes sechellensis Bolívar, 1895) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 87.
Carausius jesuitae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes sechellensis Bolívar, 1895) in Brock & Delfosse, 2005: 52.
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 87.
Carausius jesuitae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Chen & He, 2008: 61.
Carausius seychellensis [sic] Bolívar, 1895 in Pawlowski & Kraemer, 2008: 64. Life zone and ecology data
Carausius jesuitae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes sechellensis Bolívar, 1895) in Hennemann, Conle & Zhang, 2008: 43.
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Gerlach & Haas, 2008: 67. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Harman, 2011: 8. Specimen or distribution
Carausius jesuitae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes sechellensis Bolívar, 1895) in Delfosse, Cliquennois, Depraetere & Robillard, 2019: 208. Specimen or distribution
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Delfosse, Cliquennois, Depraetere & Robillard, 2019: 225. Specimen or distribution

Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 298, 525, figs. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Carausius sechellensis (Bolívar [Y Urrutia], 1895) in Hollier & Hollier, 2022: 18. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (28)

Bolívar, I. & Ferrière, C. (1912) Orthoptera, Phasmidae of the Seychelles. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 15(2), 293–300. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16419304#page/337/mode/1up
Bolívar, I. (1895) Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluaud aux íles Séchelles (Mars, Avril, May, 1892). Orthoptères. Appendix Orthoptères de la Réunion 6 mémoire. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 64, 372–375. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34283#page/382/mode/1up

Bradley, J.R. (1967) The Seychelles stick insect. Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society, 26, 26–27.

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. & Delfosse, E. (2005) A list of Pantel's phasmid type material in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Phasmida). Revue Française d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Série), 27(2), 49–56. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/318129695_A_list_of_Pantel%27s_Phasmid_type_material_in_the_Museum_National_d%27Histoire_Naturelle_Paris_Phasmida

Brock, P.D. (1983) Fern Feeding Phasmids – A few Notes. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 15, 3.

Brock, P.D. (1985) In The Phasmid Rearer’s Handbook (Stick Insects and Leaf Insects). The Amateur Entomologists’ Society. The Amateur Entomologist Vol. 20, Feltham. 41 pp.

Brock, P.D. (1992) New Edition. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist. The Amateur Entomologists' Society, London, Vol. 22, 73 pp. Available at http://shop.amentsoc.org/rearing-and-studying-stick-and-leaf-insects.html

Brock, P.D. (2003) Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. Revised Edition. The Amateur Entomologists' Society, London, Vol. 22, 89 pp. Available at http://shop.amentsoc.org/rearing-and-studying-stick-and-leaf-insects.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

Cai, B.L. (1987) A list of Chinese Phasmids with the key to subfamilies. Contributions from Tianjin Natural Museum, 4, 26–30.

Chen, S.C. & He, Y.H. (2008) Phasmatodea of China. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 476 pp. [in Chinese] Available at http://www.nhbs.com/phasmatodea-of-china-chinese-book

Crotch, W.J.B. & Al., E. (1970) In Rearing Stick Insects. Amateur Entomologist's Society. AES Leaflet No. 30, London. 1–20 pp.

Delfosse, E., Cliquennois, N., Depraetere, M. & Robillard, T. (2019) Catalogue des types de la collection de phasmes du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris (Insecta, Phasmatodea). Zoosystema, 41(11), 181–235. Available at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/41/11

Gerlach, J. & Haas, F. (2008) In Orthopteroidea of the Seychelles islands. Backhuys, Leiden, The Netherlands. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/264166355_Orthopteroidea_of_the_Seychelles_Islands

Harding, D. & Thompson, J. (2002) Attempted stick-insect predation by a wasp. PHELSUMA, 10, 54.

Harman, A.J.E. (2011) The Development of the Phasmid Species List Part One: PSG No. 1-50. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 125, 6–13. Available at http://phasmidstudygroup.org/files/PSG_Newsletters/Newsletter_125.pdf

Hennemann, F.H., Conle, O.V. & Zhang, W. (2008) Catalogue of the Stick and Leaf-insects (Phasmatodea) of China, with a faunistic analysis, review of recent ecological and biological studies and bibliography (Insecta: Orthoptera: Phasmatodea. Zootaxa, 1735, 1–76. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/263468541_Catalogue_of_the_Stick_and_Leaf-insects_Phasmatodea_of_China_with_a_faunistic_analysis_review_of_recent_ecological_and_biological_studies_and_bibliography_Insecta_Orthoptera_Phasmatodea

Hollier, J. & Hollier, A. (2022) The story of an unexpected collaboration – Bolívar & Ferrière (1912). Metaleptea, 42(1), 17–18.

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

Matyot, P. (1989) Notes on the stick insects of the Seychelles Islands. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 41, 5–6.

Matyot, P. (1989) Some observations on the distribution and foodplants of Seychellois stick insects. Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society, 48(367), 213–218.

Matyot, P. (1992) Phasmids on Praslin and La Digue Islands in the Seychelles. Phasmid Studies, 1(1), 17–20. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207247#page/19/mode/1up

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

Paris, M. (1994) Catalogo de tipos de Orthopteroides (Insecta) de Ignacio Bolivar. I: Blattaria, Mantodea, Phasmoptera y Orthoptera Orthoptera (Stenopelmatoidea, Rhaphidophoroidea, Tettigonioidea, Grylloidea, Tetrigoidea). Eos, Revista Española de Entomología, 69, 143–264. Available at http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/170427

Pawlowski, S. & Kraemer, C. (2008) Dipteran fly parasitising the Seychelles stick insect Carausius seychellensis (Bolivar, 1895). PHELSUMA, 16, 64–65.

Seiler, C., Bradler, S. & Koch, R. (2000) In Phasmiden Pflege und Zucht von Gespenstschrecken, Stabschrecken und Wandelnden Blattern im Terrarium. bede-Verlag GmbH, Ruhmannsfelden. 144 pp. [in German]
Sellick, J.T.C. (1998) The micropylar plate of the eggs of Phasmida, with a survey of the range of plate form within the order. Systematic Entomology, 23, 203–228. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-3113.1998.00056.x

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	4	5