Species

Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896

Woodford's Stick Insect

CollectionObject 1557825; 87f9a19e-e234-4e6b-b475-4fa501d1a9d7: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557826; 50d4ed4c-0940-4f37-b3fe-450e20f5d380: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557825; 87f9a19e-e234-4e6b-b475-4fa501d1a9d7: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, lateral view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557826; 50d4ed4c-0940-4f37-b3fe-450e20f5d380: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, lateral view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557825; 87f9a19e-e234-4e6b-b475-4fa501d1a9d7: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male: metanotum of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557826; 50d4ed4c-0940-4f37-b3fe-450e20f5d380: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male: metanotum of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557825; 87f9a19e-e234-4e6b-b475-4fa501d1a9d7: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male: end of abdomen, dorsal view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557826; 50d4ed4c-0940-4f37-b3fe-450e20f5d380: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male: end of abdomen, dorsal view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557825; 87f9a19e-e234-4e6b-b475-4fa501d1a9d7: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male: end of abdomen, lateral view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557826; 50d4ed4c-0940-4f37-b3fe-450e20f5d380: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male: end of abdomen, lateral view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557825; 87f9a19e-e234-4e6b-b475-4fa501d1a9d7: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male: end of abdomen, ventral view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557826; 50d4ed4c-0940-4f37-b3fe-450e20f5d380: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male: end of abdomen, ventral view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557825; 87f9a19e-e234-4e6b-b475-4fa501d1a9d7: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, data labels of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557826; 50d4ed4c-0940-4f37-b3fe-450e20f5d380: copyright Natural History Museum, London. male, data labels of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557825; 87f9a19e-e234-4e6b-b475-4fa501d1a9d7: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557826; 50d4ed4c-0940-4f37-b3fe-450e20f5d380: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557825; 87f9a19e-e234-4e6b-b475-4fa501d1a9d7: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, lateral view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557826; 50d4ed4c-0940-4f37-b3fe-450e20f5d380: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, lateral view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557825; 87f9a19e-e234-4e6b-b475-4fa501d1a9d7: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: head and part of thorax, lateral view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557826; 50d4ed4c-0940-4f37-b3fe-450e20f5d380: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: head and part of thorax, lateral view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557825; 87f9a19e-e234-4e6b-b475-4fa501d1a9d7: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: end of abdomen, dorsal view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557826; 50d4ed4c-0940-4f37-b3fe-450e20f5d380: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: end of abdomen, dorsal view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557825; 87f9a19e-e234-4e6b-b475-4fa501d1a9d7: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: end of abdomen, ventral view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557826; 50d4ed4c-0940-4f37-b3fe-450e20f5d380: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: end of abdomen, ventral view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557825; 87f9a19e-e234-4e6b-b475-4fa501d1a9d7: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557826; 50d4ed4c-0940-4f37-b3fe-450e20f5d380: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557825; 87f9a19e-e234-4e6b-b475-4fa501d1a9d7: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, data labels of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1557826; 50d4ed4c-0940-4f37-b3fe-450e20f5d380: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, data labels of Chondrostethus woodfordi (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557827; NMW 550, 0ba0725c-1787-4ae4-bdbe-9fcc38b0abd1: copyright NMW, Vienna. male of synonym Dixippus remanens (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557828; 91c5cc64-746b-48a9-84f5-ac2c31d11e3d: copyright NMW, Vienna. female of synonym Carausius ribbei (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557828; 91c5cc64-746b-48a9-84f5-ac2c31d11e3d: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: mid body / data labels of synonym Carausius ribbei (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557828; 91c5cc64-746b-48a9-84f5-ac2c31d11e3d: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Carausius ribbei (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557828; 91c5cc64-746b-48a9-84f5-ac2c31d11e3d: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: head and part thorax, lateral view of synonym Carausius ribbei (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557828; 91c5cc64-746b-48a9-84f5-ac2c31d11e3d: copyright NMW, Vienna. male, lateral view of synonym Dixippus remanens (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557829; 4f7cd6c2-8097-47b7-a54c-1b8cf04e9a9d: copyright CUMZ, Cambridge. female of synonym Myronides simplex (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557829; 4f7cd6c2-8097-47b7-a54c-1b8cf04e9a9d: copyright CUMZ, Cambridge. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Myronides simplex (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557830; 058cdd1d-bca0-4226-9dfe-de73ff2efca3: copyright CUMZ, Cambridge. female of synonym Myronides sordidus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557830; 058cdd1d-bca0-4226-9dfe-de73ff2efca3: copyright CUMZ, Cambridge. female: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Myronides sordidus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1557830; 058cdd1d-bca0-4226-9dfe-de73ff2efca3: copyright CUMZ, Cambridge. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Myronides sordidus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (42)

Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896: 455, pl. 39:1-2.
Syntype; male; 87f9a19e-e234-4e6b-b475-4fa501d1a9d7; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Solomon Islands. Syntype; female; 50d4ed4c-0940-4f37-b3fe-450e20f5d380; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Solomon Islands
Myronides simplex Sharp, 1898: 82.
Holotype; female; 4f7cd6c2-8097-47b7-a54c-1b8cf04e9a9d; deposited at: Univesity Museum of Zoology, Cambridge University (UMZ); New Britain

Myronides sordidus Sharp, 1898: 83.
Holotype; female; 058cdd1d-bca0-4226-9dfe-de73ff2efca3; deposited at: Univesity Museum of Zoology, Cambridge University (UMZ); Papua New Guinea: New Britain
Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896 in Tepper, 1903: 284. Specimen or distribution
Myronides simplex Sharp, 1898 in Tepper, 1903: 278. Specimen or distribution
Myronides sordidus Sharp, 1898 in Tepper, 1903: 278. Specimen or distribution
Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896 in Kirby, 1904: 319.
Myronides simplex Sharp, 1898 in Kirby, 1904: 321.
Myronides sordidus Sharp, 1898 in Kirby, 1904: 321.
Carausius ribbei Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 272.
Syntypes (n= 2); female; 91c5cc64-746b-48a9-84f5-ac2c31d11e3d; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Solomon Is.: Is. Shortland
Dixippus remanens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 281.
Holotype; male; NMW 550; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Solomon Is.: Isabel Is., Albatros
Myronides sordidus Sharp, 1898 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 255.
Myronides simplex Sharp, 1898 (subjective synonym of Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 255.
Myronides woodfordi (Kirby, 1896) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 255.
Myronides woodfordi (Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1929: 615.
Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896 in Günther, 1932: 759.
Carausius ribbei Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1932: 759.
Dixippus remanens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1932: 759.
Myronides simplex Sharp, 1898 (subjective synonym of Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1932: 759.
Myronides sordidus Sharp, 1898 (subjective synonym of Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1932: 759.
Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896 in Günther, 1937: 5.
Myronides sordidus Sharp, 1898 in Sellick, 1980: 45, fig. 11. Phylogeny or classification
Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896 in Herwaarden, 1998: 74.
Myronides sordidus Sharp, 1898 in Sellick, 1998: 216. Phylogeny or classification
Carausius ribbei Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896) in Herwaarden, 1998: 75.
Dixippus remanens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896) in Herwaarden, 1998: 75.
Myronides simplex Sharp, 1898 (subjective synonym of Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896) in Herwaarden, 1998: 75.
Myronides sordidus Sharp, 1898 (subjective synonym of Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896) in Herwaarden, 1998: 75.
Carausius ribbei Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896) in Brock, 1998: 53.
Dixippus remanens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896) in Brock, 1998: 53.
Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896 in Seiler, Bradler & Koch, 2000: 58, figs.
Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896 in Baxter, 2002: 41, figs.
Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896 in Brock, 2003: 49.
Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 93.
Carausius ribbei Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 93.
Dixippus remanens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 93.
Myronides simplex Sharp, 1898 (subjective synonym of Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 93.
Myronides sordidus Sharp, 1898 (subjective synonym of Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 93.
Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896 in Buckley, Attanayake & Bradler, 2009: 1058. Phylogeny or classification
Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896 in Harman, 2012: 17. Specimen or distribution

Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896 in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 202. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Chondrostethus woodfordi Kirby, 1896 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 525. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (20)

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
Sharp, D. (1898) Account of the Phasmidae, with notes on the eggs. In A. Willey (Ed.). Zoological Results: based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty islands and elsewhere, collected during the years 1895, 1896 and 1897. Cambridge University Press. pp. 75–94, pl. 7–9. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137806#page/101/mode/1up

Tepper, J.G.O. (1903) List of described genera and species of the Australian and Polynesian Phasmidae (Spectre-insects). Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia, 26, 278–287. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/136804#page/308/mode/1up

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

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

Günther, K. (1929) Die Phasmoiden der Deutschen Kaiserin Augusta-Fluss-Expedition 1912/13. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Phasmoidenfauna Neuguineas. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 14, 600–747, pl. 1–7.

Günther, K. (1932) Beiträge zur Systematik und Geschichte der Phasmoidenfauna Ozeaniens. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 17, 753–835. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mmnz.19310170602

Günther, K. (1937) Über einige Orthopteren von den Salomon-Inseln und von Vanikoro. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 8(3), 3–10.

Sellick, J.T.C. (1980) A study of the eggs of the insect order Phasmida with particular reference to establishing the taxonomic value of egg structure in this group. UNPUBLISHED. PhD thesis. University of London. Available at http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.281183

Brock, P.D. (1998) Catalogue of type-specimens of Stick- and Leaf-Insects in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Insecta: Phasmida). Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien: Vol. 13(5). Naturhistorischen Museum Wien, 72 pp. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/kat-nhmw_13_0003-0072.pdf

Herwaarden, H.M.C.V. (1998) A guide to the genera of stick- and leaf-Insects (Insecta: Phasmida) of New Guinea and the surrounding islands. SCIENCE IN NEW GUINEA, 24(2), 55–114. Available at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fiji/pdf/vanheerwarden1998.pdf

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

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]

Baxter, R.N. (2002) Rearing Stick and Leaf Insects. Chudleigh Publishing, Ilford, 103 pp. Available at http://www.pemberleybooks.com/product/rearing-stick-and-leaf-insects/5624/

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

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

Buckley, T.R., Attanayake, D. & Bradler, S. (2009) Extreme convergence in stick insect evolution: phylogenetic placement of the Lord Howe Island tree lobster. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 276, 1055–1062. [2008] Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/23763933_Extreme_convergence_in_stick_insect_evolution_Phylogenetic_placement_of_the_Lord_Howe_Island_tree_lobster

Harman, A.J.E. (2012) The Development of the Phasmid Species List Part Four: PSG No.151 – PSG No.200. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 129, 16–18.

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
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

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