Species

Staelonchodes amaurops (Westwood, 1859)

Sarawak Stick Insect

CollectionObject 1559394; OUM 570, 71cc763d-1ec3-4655-ab3c-93de77fc595c: copyright OUMNH. female, dorsal view of Lonchodes amaurops (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559394; OUM 570, 71cc763d-1ec3-4655-ab3c-93de77fc595c: copyright OUMNH. Lonchodes amaurops female, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559394; OUM 570, 71cc763d-1ec3-4655-ab3c-93de77fc595c: copyright OUMNH. female: head & thorax, lateral view of Lonchodes amaurops (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559394; OUM 570, 71cc763d-1ec3-4655-ab3c-93de77fc595c: copyright OUMNH. female: end of thorax, dorsal view of Lonchodes amaurops (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559394; OUM 570, 71cc763d-1ec3-4655-ab3c-93de77fc595c: copyright OUMNH. female: end of thorax, lateral view of Lonchodes amaurops (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559394; OUM 570, 71cc763d-1ec3-4655-ab3c-93de77fc595c: copyright OUMNH. female: end of thorax, ventral view of Lonchodes amaurops (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559395; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 844594, ce86b38c-01a5-4feb-a9bf-b43481fb8669: copyright Natural History Museum, London. Lonchodes amaurops female nymph (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559396; NMW 541, 1a43b420-91a4-4213-a1cc-0c7a3336d237: copyright NMW, Vienna. male of synonym Dixippus bicolor (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559396; NMW 541, 1a43b420-91a4-4213-a1cc-0c7a3336d237: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Dixippus bicolor (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559396; NMW 541, 1a43b420-91a4-4213-a1cc-0c7a3336d237: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Dixippus bicolor (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559397; d54793e1-f9bd-452c-8e9d-e180868b8b0e: copyright ANSP, Philadelphia. male of synonym Dixippus bicolor (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559397; d54793e1-f9bd-452c-8e9d-e180868b8b0e: copyright ANSP. male of synonym Dixippus bicolor, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559397; d54793e1-f9bd-452c-8e9d-e180868b8b0e: copyright ANSP. male of synonym Dixippus bicolor, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559397; d54793e1-f9bd-452c-8e9d-e180868b8b0e: copyright ANSP. male of synonym Dixippus bicolor, abdomen, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559398; 0c1e583d-db6b-441f-b256-6093520e1db6: copyright OUMNH. male of synonym Lonchodes dispar (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559398; 0c1e583d-db6b-441f-b256-6093520e1db6: copyright OUMNH. male of synonym Lonchodes dispar, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559398; 0c1e583d-db6b-441f-b256-6093520e1db6: copyright OUMNH. male: head & thorax of synonym Lonchodes dispar (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559398; 0c1e583d-db6b-441f-b256-6093520e1db6: copyright OUMNH. male: head & thorax, lateral view of synonym Lonchodes dispar (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559398; 0c1e583d-db6b-441f-b256-6093520e1db6: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, dorsal view of synonym Lonchodes dispar (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559398; 0c1e583d-db6b-441f-b256-6093520e1db6: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Lonchodes dispar (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559398; 0c1e583d-db6b-441f-b256-6093520e1db6: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, ventral view of synonym Lonchodes dispar (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (39)

Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859: 43, pl. 24:10.
Lectotype; female; OUM 570; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM);
Lonchodes dispar Bates, 1865: 337.
Holotype; male; 0c1e583d-db6b-441f-b256-6093520e1db6; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM);
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Lonchodes dispar Bates, 1865 in Kirby, 1904: 318.
Sthenoboea [sic] amaurops (Westwood, 1859) in Kirby, 1904: 323.
Dixippus bicolor Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 279.
Syntype; male; NMW 541; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); North Borneo. Syntype; male; d54793e1-f9bd-452c-8e9d-e180868b8b0e; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); North Borneo
Prisomera amaurops (Westwood, 1859) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 288.
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Günther, 1932: 371, figs..
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Günther, 1932: 68.
Lonchodes dispar Bates, 1865 (synonym of Lonchodes pterodactylus Gray, 1835) in Günther, 1932: 382.
Staelonchodes bicolor (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Cai, 1987: 27.
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Bragg, 1991: 21.
Phasgania bicolor (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Hausleithner, 1991: 227.
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Bragg, 1992: 299.
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Brock, 1992: 50.
Lonchodes dispar Bates, 1865 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859) in Bragg, 1992: 299.
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Bragg & Chan, 1993: 177.
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Schulten, 1995: 41, figs..
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Bragg, 1995: 52. Life history
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Sellick, 1998: 216. Phylogeny or classification
Carausius bicolor (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock, 1998: 17.
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Lipinski, Greven, Schulten & Löser, 1999: 26, figs.
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Seiler, Bradler & Koch, 2000: 88, figs.
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Bragg, 2001: 441, figs. 163-166.
Dixippus bicolor Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859) in Bragg, 2001: 441.
Lonchodes dispar Bates, 1865 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859) in Bragg, 2001: 441.
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Baxter, 2002: 8.
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Brock, 2003: 49.
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Delfosse, 2004: 16.
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Seow-Choen, Grinang & Naming, 2004: 396.
Dixippus bicolor Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859) in Delfosse, 2004: 19.
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 178.
Dixippus bicolor Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 178.
Lonchodes dispar Bates, 1865 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 178.
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Abercrombie, 2010: 9, fig.. Image or description
Staelonchodes amaurops (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 159. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Staelonchodes amaurops (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2016: 310, 312, figs. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Staelonchodes amaurops (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2019

Staelonchodes amaurops (Westwood, 1859) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 529. Specimen or distribution
Lonchodes amaurops Westwood, 1859 in Seow-Choen, 2025: 35. Specimen or distribution; Image or description

Nomenclature references (32)

Abercrombie, I. (2010) Kubah National Park. Phasma, 20(77), 7–9.
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
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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/

Bragg, P.E. & Chan, C.L. (1993) A new species of stick insect of the genus Lonchodes from Kinabalu, Sabah. (Phasmida: Heteronemiidae: Lonchodinae: Lonchodini). The Entomologist, 112(3-4), 176–186. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/349039170_A_new_species_of_stick_insect_of_the_genus_Lonchodes_from_Mount_Kinabalu_Sabah_Phasmida_Heteronemiidae_Lonchodinae_Lonchodini

Bragg, P.E. (1991) PSG 100, Lonchodes amaurops Westwood 1859. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 47, 21–24.

Bragg, P.E. (1992) Phasmida from Bako National Park. The Sarawak Museum Journal, 43(64), 295–319. Available at http://phasmid-study-group.org/sites/phasmid-study-group.org/files/Bragg,%20P.E.%20(1992)%20Sarawak%20Museum%20Journal,%2043(64)%20295-319.pdf

Bragg, P.E. (1995) The culture of Bornean phasmids. Phasmid Studies, 4(2), 50–53. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207262#page/52/mode/1up

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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. (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

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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	8	9