species

Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907

Mt Kinabalu Stick-insect

CollectionObject 1561113; NMW 573, 323d3a24-4a96-48be-8abe-fd6d5668b706: copyright NMW, Vienna. female of Phenacephorus cornucervi (holotype, on left). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561113; NMW 573, 323d3a24-4a96-48be-8abe-fd6d5668b706: copyright NMW, Vienna. female, lateral view of Phenacephorus cornucervi (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561113; NMW 573, 323d3a24-4a96-48be-8abe-fd6d5668b706: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of Phenacephorus cornucervi (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561114; NMW 572, 709b8ddc-dda5-4ae7-ad54-2f49622cf710: copyright NMW, Vienna. female of synonym Phenacephorus appendiculatus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561114; NMW 572, 709b8ddc-dda5-4ae7-ad54-2f49622cf710: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Phenacephorus appendiculatus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561114; NMW 572, 709b8ddc-dda5-4ae7-ad54-2f49622cf710: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Phenacephorus appendiculatus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (30)

Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 292.
Holotype; female; NMW 573; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Kina-Balu
Phenacephorus appendiculatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 291, pl. 13:4a-b.
Holotype; female; NMW 572; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Kina-Balu
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Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Hausleithner, 1985: 317.
Phenacephorus appendiculatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Hausleithner, 1985: 315.
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Raper, 1987: 13.
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Hausleithner, 1987: 273.
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Bragg, 1992: 25.
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Brock, 1992: 13, 50. Image or description
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Bragg, 1994: 232.
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Bragg, 1995: 52.
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Chan, 1996: 34.
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Sellick, 1997: 15. Phylogeny or classification
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Sellick, 1998: 216. Phylogeny or classification
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Seow-Choen, 1998: 9, fig..
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Brock, 1998: 23.
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Seow-Choen, 1998: 88.
Phenacephorus appendiculatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Brock, 1998: 14.
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Bragg, 2001: 507, figs.
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Baxter, 2002: 84, figs.
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Brock, 2003: 50.
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 267.
Phenacephorus appendiculatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 267.
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Tamayo Lorenzo, 2007: 95.
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Harman, 2012: 13. Specimen or distribution
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Haan, 2013: 4, figs. Life history
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Seow-Choen, 2016: 305, figs. Image or description
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Seow-Choen, 2017: 27. Specimen or distribution
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Seow-Choen, 2019

Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 393, 521, fig. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Seow-Choen, 2025: 30. Image or description; Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (26)

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. (1992) More spermatophores produced by Lonchodinae. Phasmid Studies, 1(2), 25. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207247#page/27/mode/1up
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Bragg, P.E. (1994) A review and key to the genus Phenacephorus Brunner (Insecta: Phasmida: Heteronemiidae: Lonchodinae), including the description of two new species. Zoologische Mededeelingen, 68(22), 231–248. Available at http://phasmid-study-group.org/sites/phasmid-study-group.org/files/Bragg,%20P.E.%20(1994)%20Zool.%20Med.%20Leiden,%2068(22)%20231-248.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

Bragg, P.E. (2001) Phasmids of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 771 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/book/phasmids-of-borneo/

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. (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

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

Chan, C.L. (1996) Walking Sticks and Flying Leaves - Stick and Leaf Insects of Borneo. Borneo Magazine, 2(1), 26–37.

Haan, M.de (2013) Species report 60: PSG 73 Phenacephorus cornucervi, Karl Friedrich Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907. Phasma, 23(90), 4–5, figs.

Harman, A.J.E. (2012) The Development of the Phasmid Species List Part Two: PSG No. 51 - PSG No. 100. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 127, 12–15.

Hausleithner, B. (1985) Über eine wenig bekannte Phasmide aus Borneo, Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner v. W., und die Erstbeschreibung des Männchens (Phasmatodea). Ent. Z. Frankfurt, 95(21), 315–319.

Hausleithner, B. (1987) Intraspezifische Variabilität bei Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner (Phasmida). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 97(19), 273–288.

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

Raper, C. (1987) PSG No. 73: Phenacephorus cornucervi. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 32, 13–14.

Sellick, J.T.C. (1997) The "umbrella spines" and other surface projections of some phasmid eggs and some comments on phasmid taxonomy. Phasmid Studies, 6(1), 15–20. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207206#page/17/mode/1up

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

Seow-Choen, F. (1998) Crown and jewels of the forest: A study of phasmid heads. Singapore Scientist, 84, 6–9. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francis_Seow-Choen

Seow-Choen, F. (1998) List of stick-insects (Phasmida) in the collection of the Centre for Insect Systematics Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Serangga, 3(1), 87–92. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francis_Seow-Choen

Seow-Choen, F. (2016) A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, 454 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/book/taxonomic-guide-stick-insects-borneo/

Seow-Choen, F. (2017) Observations on Stick Insects from Mount Kinabalu featured in A taxonomic guide to stick insects of Borneo including Emendations. The Sabah Society Journal, 33, 1–30. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francis_Seow-Choen

Seow-Choen, F. (2019) A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo: Vol. III. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, 278 pp. Available at http://www.nhpborneo.com/book/a-taxonomic-guide-to-the-stick-insects-of-borneo-vol-3/

Seow-Choen, F. (2025) A Photographic Guide: Stick Insects of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), 387 pp.
Tamayo Lorenzo, J. (2007) Phenacephorus latifer: una neuva especie de la tribu Lonchodini de la isla de Borneo (Phasmatodea, Diapheromeridae, Lonchodinae). Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 41, 95–99. [in Spanish] Available at http://sea-entomologia.org/Publicaciones/PDF/BOLN41/095_099_BSEA_41_Nuevo_Fasmido_Borneo.pdf

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	1	2