subspecies

Leprocaulinus insularis insularis (Kirby, 1896)

Thursday Island Stick-insect

CollectionObject 1559251; 1093c59f-8e59-4f1d-8c45-0ad53cd66496: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female of Dixippus insularis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559251; 1093c59f-8e59-4f1d-8c45-0ad53cd66496: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, lateral view of Dixippus insularis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559251; 1093c59f-8e59-4f1d-8c45-0ad53cd66496: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: head, lateral view of Dixippus insularis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559251; 1093c59f-8e59-4f1d-8c45-0ad53cd66496: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: end of abdomen, dorsal view of Dixippus insularis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559251; 1093c59f-8e59-4f1d-8c45-0ad53cd66496: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of Dixippus insularis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559251; 1093c59f-8e59-4f1d-8c45-0ad53cd66496: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: end of abdomen, ventral view of Dixippus insularis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559251; 1093c59f-8e59-4f1d-8c45-0ad53cd66496: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, data labels of Dixippus insularis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559251; 1093c59f-8e59-4f1d-8c45-0ad53cd66496: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, data labels [top right, reversed] of Dixippus insularis (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559252; NMW 916, c66d6740-6a44-4b7a-98ed-c80237b9c6da: copyright NMW, Vienna. female of synonym Leprocaulus altecornutus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559252; NMW 916, c66d6740-6a44-4b7a-98ed-c80237b9c6da: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Leprocaulus altecornutus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559252; NMW 916, c66d6740-6a44-4b7a-98ed-c80237b9c6da: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Leprocaulus altecornutus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559253; NMW 934, c94a849b-255d-4c13-b723-18d908352fd5: copyright NMW, Vienna. male of synonym Diardia brevitarsis (syntypes). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559254; NMW 934', cfcc6379-6124-4f97-91da-d84b73459109: copyright NMW, Vienna. male of synonym Diardia brevitarsis (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559254; NMW 934', cfcc6379-6124-4f97-91da-d84b73459109: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Diardia brevitarsis (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559256; NMW 515, 59f7e5ab-c645-4781-9cd8-7fa674fbc5d1: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Carausius excelsus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559256; NMW 515, 59f7e5ab-c645-4781-9cd8-7fa674fbc5d1: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Carausius excelsus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559257; NMW 515', 5ffa1937-bc38-41af-acf1-00dd5a0f7e97: copyright NMW, Vienna. female of synonym Carausius excelsus (syntypes). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559259; NMW 505, 6c23cb0d-dbc2-4a8b-98a0-365a4f792d51: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Carausius immundus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559259; NMW 505, 6c23cb0d-dbc2-4a8b-98a0-365a4f792d51: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Carausius immundus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559260; NMW 505', 56c7daa5-e0cf-44d0-bf6b-47827e411e74: copyright NMW, Vienna. female of synonym Carausius immundus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559261; b6a2bd4f-c185-4bd8-8e5c-d457d6d3872e: copyright NMW, Vienna. male and female of synonym Carausius immundus (syntypes). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1559262; 121776fb-3010-437b-873e-1f43e1b5f65b: copyright NMW, Vienna. male and female of synonym Carausius immundus (syntypes). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559261; b6a2bd4f-c185-4bd8-8e5c-d457d6d3872e: copyright NMW, Vienna. male of synonym Carausius immundus (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1559262; 121776fb-3010-437b-873e-1f43e1b5f65b: copyright NMW, Vienna. male of synonym Carausius immundus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559267; 4a3b6abb-b934-428d-9bdf-3f66b818b8fb: copyright NMW, Vienna. male and female juv. of synonym Diardia vicinissima (syntypes). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1559268; 9facfce6-b2e4-46c6-844c-3bb688946a45: copyright NMW, Vienna. male and female juv. of synonym Diardia vicinissima (syntypes). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559267; 4a3b6abb-b934-428d-9bdf-3f66b818b8fb: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Diardia vicinissima (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1559268; 9facfce6-b2e4-46c6-844c-3bb688946a45: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Diardia vicinissima (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559267; 4a3b6abb-b934-428d-9bdf-3f66b818b8fb: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Diardia vicinissima (syntype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1559268; 9facfce6-b2e4-46c6-844c-3bb688946a45: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Diardia vicinissima (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559270; 90610052-09c2-4158-97ee-f53644ce7cea: copyright ANSP. male and female of synonym Diardia vicinissima (syntypes). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562495; b383efdc-10f3-429b-aa82-6f075d7d282c: St. Petersburg. male, dorsal view (syntype of Carausius immundus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562495; b383efdc-10f3-429b-aa82-6f075d7d282c: St. Petersburg. male, head & thorax (syntype of Carausius immundus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562495; b383efdc-10f3-429b-aa82-6f075d7d282c: St. Petersburg. male, end of abdomen, lateral view (syntype of Carausius immundus). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (39)

Dixippus insularis Kirby, 1896: 460. (valid)
Holotype; female; 1093c59f-8e59-4f1d-8c45-0ad53cd66496; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: Queensland: Queensland; Thursday Island
Dixippus insularis Kirby, 1896 in Tepper, 1903: 278. Specimen or distribution
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Phasgania insularis (Kirby, 1896) in Kirby, 1904: 324.
Carausius excelsus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 269.
Syntypes (n= 2); female; NMW 515; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); . Syntypes (n= 2); female; NMW 515'; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Papua New Guinea: Simpang, Huon Golf. Syntypes (n= 2); female; a4ddb7de-ef5d-403c-b296-4374b7223a7e; deposited at: Hungarian Natural History Museum , Budapest, Hungary (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum) (HNHM); New Guinea
Carausius insularis (Kirby, 1896) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 271.
Diardia brevitarsis Redtenbacher, 1908: 485.
Syntypes (n= 2); male; NMW 934; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Papua New Guinea: Simbang, Huon Golf. Syntype; male; NMW 934'; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay. Syntype; 65c58528-1a20-42ef-a610-1a21e063873e; deposited at: Staatliches Museum fuer Tierkunde (MTKD);
Diardia vicinissima Redtenbacher, 1908: 485.
Syntype; male; 4a3b6abb-b934-428d-9bdf-3f66b818b8fb; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Papua New Guinea: Simbang, Huon Golf. Syntype; immature; 9facfce6-b2e4-46c6-844c-3bb688946a45; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Papua New Guinea: Simbang, Huon Golf. Syntype; male; ba079e98-9c75-4fdd-b68a-5e1d7357651e; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Papua New Guinea: Simbang, Huon Golf. Syntype; female; 90610052-09c2-4158-97ee-f53644ce7cea; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Berlinhafen. Syntype; male; 010d7107-2db8-4c52-bf22-f2fa6663339b; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); . Syntypes (n= 2); male; bb2151bb-424e-4cb8-bb41-c51ceb5033b9; deposited at: Hungarian Natural History Museum , Budapest, Hungary (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum) (HNHM); New Guinea. Syntypes (n= 2); female; 5f56c540-fb43-4f10-a062-d74b2b9ca351; deposited at: Hungarian Natural History Museum , Budapest, Hungary (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum) (HNHM); New Guinea
Leprocaulus altecornutus Redtenbacher, 1908: 473.
Holotype; female; NMW 916; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Papua New Guinea: 'D[eu]tsch New Guinea'
Carausius excelsus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Günther, 1929: 615.
Leprocaulus altecornutus Redtenbacher, 1908 in Günther, 1929: 627.
Leprocaulus vicinissimus (Redtenbacher, 1908) in Günther, 1929: 628.
Leprocaulus brevitarsis (Redtenbacher, 1908) in Günther, 1929: 628.
Carausius insularis (Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1929: 616.
Carausius excelsus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Dixippus insularis Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1935: 82.
Diardia brevitarsis Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Dixippus insularis Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1935: 82.
Diardia vicinissima Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Dixippus insularis Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1935: 82.
Leprocaulus altecornutus Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Dixippus insularis Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1935: 82.
Leprocaulus insularis insularis (Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1935: 82.
Leprocaulus insularis (Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1937: 96.
Phasgania insularis (Kirby, 1896) in Vickery, 1983: 10.
Leprocaulinus excelsius [sic] Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Sellick, 1998: 216.
Leprocaulinus excelsius [sic] Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (misspelling of Carausius excelsus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Sellick, 1998: 216.
Leprocaulinus excelsius [sic] Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (misspelling of Dixippus insularis Kirby, 1896) in Sellick, 1998: 216.
Leprocaulinus insularis insularis (Kirby, 1896) in Herwaarden, 1998: 68.
Carausius insularis (Kirby, 1896) in Hennemann, 1998: 118.
Carausius insularis (Kirby, 1896) in Brock, 2000: 53.
Diardia brevitarsis Redtenbacher, 1908 in Zompro, 2003: 34.
Carausius excelsus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Dixippus insularis Kirby, 1896) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 171.
Diardia brevitarsis Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Dixippus insularis Kirby, 1896) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 171.
Diardia vicinissima Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Dixippus insularis Kirby, 1896) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 171.
Leprocaulus altecornutus Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Dixippus insularis Kirby, 1896) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 171.
Leprocaulinus insularis insularis (Kirby, 1896) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 171.
Carausius excelsus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Dixippus insularis Kirby, 1896) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 71.
Diardia brevitarsis Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Dixippus insularis Kirby, 1896) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 71.
Diardia vicinissima Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Dixippus insularis Kirby, 1896) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 71.
Leprocaulus altecornutus Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Dixippus insularis Kirby, 1896) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 71.
Leprocaulus insularis (Kirby, 1896) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 71. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification

Leprocaulus insularis (Kirby, 1896) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2009: 51. Phylogeny or classification
Leprocaulinus insularis insularis (Kirby, 1896) in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 177. Phylogeny or classification

Nomenclature references (18)

Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J.W. (2007) Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography. Zootaxa, 1570, 1–84. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/287837852_Studies_on_the_Australian_stick_insects_Phasmida_including_a_checklist_of_species_and_bibliography
Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J.W. (2009) In The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood. 204 pp. Available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6012.htm
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Brock, P.D. (2000) Studies on Australian stick-insects of the family Heteronemiidae, subfamily Lonchodinae, including the description of a new species. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 9, 51–55. Available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/3503633?seq=1

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

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. (1935) Phasmoiden von den Talaud-Inseln und von der Insel Morotai, mit kritischen Bemerkungen über einzelne Arten und einem zoogeographischen Anhang. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde Freies Berlin, 75–94. [1934]

Günther, K. (1937) Die von Dr. Schlaginhaufen 1909 in Neuguinea gesammelten Phasmoiden (Orth. ). Vierteljahresschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Zürich, , 82, 77–97, pl. 1.

Hennemann, F.H. (1998) Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Phasmidenfauna von Sulawesi. Mit einem Katalog der bisher bekanntgewordenen Arten. Mitteilungen des Museums für Naturkunde, Berlin, Zoologische Reihe, 74(1), 95–128. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mmnz.19980740109

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

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

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

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Redtenbacher, J. (1908) Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). In Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden: Vol. III. Verlag Engelmann, Leipzig. 339–589, pls 16–27. [in German] Available at http://www.archive.org/details/DieInsektenfamilieDerPhasmiden.Vol.Iii.PhasmidaeAnareolatae

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

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Vickery, V.R. (1983) Catalogue of Australian stick insects (Phasmida, Phasmatodea, Phasmatoptera, or Cheleutoptera). CSIRO Australian division of Entomology, Technical Paper No 20, 1–19. Available at http://publications.csiro.au/rpr/download?pid=procite:bc6d4d28-0bab-4f42-8f59-c5025bb110cd&dsid=DS1
Zompro, O. (2003) Catalogue of type-material of the insect order Phasmatodea deposited in the Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden, Germany. Phasmid Studies, 11(2), 31–44. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207387#page/33/mode/1up

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
subspecies	1	0	12	13