species
Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869
Giant Spiny Stick-insect
Nomenclature (118)
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869: 25.
Syntypes (n= 2); male; f2954b6d-4b44-4c6e-b8ad-a4e7cb3297bd; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Solomon Is.: San-Georges
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Lucas, 1872: 24, pl. 8: 1 (male only).
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- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Kirby, 1904: 396.
- Eurycantha sifia Kirby, 1904: 443.
Syntypes (n= 2); male; fa840a9a-de8e-4058-9d9c-7bc5281e10a1; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia, Queensland: Thursday Island [probably in error, see Monteith & Dewhurst 2011]. Syntypes (n= 2); female; 3f9a8c7a-01fb-4d2c-bc5b-bbdc253dc0fe; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia, Queensland: Thursday Island [probably in error, see Monteith & Dewhurst 2011]
- Eurycantha willeyi Kirby, 1904: 442.
Syntype; male; cfa9dba8-d3de-4220-a86d-9a3d08106160; deposited at: Univesity Museum of Zoology, Cambridge University (UMZ); . Syntype; female; 43dd000b-4683-4bb6-a26a-92d62d87077d; deposited at: Univesity Museum of Zoology, Cambridge University (UMZ);
- Eurycantha sifia Kirby, 1904: 396.
- Eurycantha willeyi Kirby, 1904: 396.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Redtenbacher, 1908: 343.
- Eurycantha diabolus Redtenbacher, 1908: 343.
Syntype; male; NMW 696; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); New Guinea. Syntype; male; 836ff592-c887-4e4f-b428-96f51fe55f35; deposited at: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg (ZMUH); Mioko. Syntypes (n= 2); female; 9bf41377-1db4-470e-ac05-2bfafa91c830; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Berlin, German (ZMHUB); New Britain, Kalum Bismarkarchipel. Syntype; female; 73f2efbd-bee7-498f-a43a-2e17aa2534a6; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); New Guinea. Syntype; immature; 937a70de-eb75-4509-9134-d1f6756b211d; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Berlin, German (ZMHUB); Mioko
- Eurycantha sifia Kirby, 1904 in Giglio-Tos, 1910: 34.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Günther, 1929: 621.
- Eurycantha sifia Kirby, 1904 in Günther, 1929: 622.
- Eurycantha diabolus Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869) in Günther, 1929: 621.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Günther, 1932: 771.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Gurney, 1947: 394, figs. 8-9.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Nakata, 1961: 116. Specimen or distribution
- Eurycantha diabolus Redtenbacher, 1908 in Weidner, 1966: 230.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Klante, 1969: 4.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Bedford, 1976: 218.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Bedford, 1977: 389.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Bedford, 1978: 125.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Sellick, 1980: 112, fig. 61. Phylogeny or classification
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Vanschuytbroeck & Cools, 1981: 14. Specimen or distribution
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in James, 1981: 5, figs. Image or description
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Brock, 1981: 9.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in James, 1982: 8.
- Eurycantha sifia Kirby, 1904 in Vickery, 1983: 6.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Hausleithner, 1985: 129, figs. 1-5.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Hsiung, 1985: 227.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Brock, 1985: 26, figs. Image or description
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Carlberg, 1986: 643. Life history
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Hsiung, 1987: 1241.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Hausleithner, 1987: 13.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Herbert, 1987
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Brock, 1987: 7, figs.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Herbert, 1987: 9, figs. Image or description; Life history
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Saure, 1988: 17. Physiology
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Clail, 1988: 1. Behavior
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Carlberg, 1989: 135. Behavior
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Carlberg, 1989: 257. Behavior
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Carlberg, 1989: 65. Behavior
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Clail, 1989: 8.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Carlberg, 1989: 9. Structure
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Flückiger & Peltier, 1989: figs. Image or description
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Kevan, 1990: 26. Specimen or distribution
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Clail, 1990: 10.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Clail, 1990: 10. Behavior
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Clail, 1990: 11. Behavior
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Clail, 1990: 11. Behavior
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Clail, 1990: 11. Behavior
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Clail, 1990: 14. Behavior
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Clail, 1990: 14. Behavior
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Clail, 1990: 3.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Clail, 1990: 8, fig..
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Clail, 1990: 8. Behavior
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Stone, 1992: 158.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Brock, 1992: 13, 31, figs. Life history
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Schulten, 1995: 70, figs..
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Leclercq, 1995: 18.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Crosby-Clark, 1995: 9. Specimen or distribution
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Alderton, 1997: 20, fig. Image or description
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Sellick, 1998: 224. Phylogeny or classification
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Herwaarden, 1998: 90.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Hsiung & Panagopoulos, 1998: 93.
- Eurycantha sifia Kirby, 1904 in Herwaarden, 1998: 90.
- Eurycantha willeyi Kirby, 1904 in Herwaarden, 1998: 90.
- Eurycantha diabolus Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869) in Herwaarden, 1998: 90.
- Eurycantha diabolus Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869) in Brock, 1998: 25.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Lipinski, Greven, Schulten & Löser, 1999: 64, figs..
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Brock, 2000: 47, figs..
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Harman, 2000: 16. Specimen or distribution
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Seiler, Bradler & Koch, 2000: 66, figs.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Zompro, 2000: 62. Specimen or distribution
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Brock, 2000: 9. Image or description
- Eurycantha sifia Kirby, 1904 in Harman, 2000: 16. Specimen or distribution
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Baxter, 2002: 4, 48, figs.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Alderton, 2002: 11, figs. Image or description
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Anonymous, 2002: 9. Life history
- Eurycantha diabolus Redtenbacher, 1908 in Zompro, 2002: 185.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Brock, 2003: 25, fig. 16.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Low, 2005: 12, figs..
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 139.
- Eurycantha sifia Kirby, 1904 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 141.
- Eurycantha diabolus Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 139.
- Eurycantha willeyi Kirby, 1904 (subjective synonym of Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 139.
- Eurycantha calcarata diabola Redtenbacher, 1908 in Zompro, 2005: 259.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Low, 2006: 6.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in van Den Brink, 2006: 61.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 72.
- Eurycantha sifia Kirby, 1904 (subjective synonym of Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 72.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Van Aken, 2008: 276. Life history
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Buckley, Attanayake & Bradler, 2009: 1058. Phylogeny or classification
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2009: 76-77, figs..
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Bradler, 2009: 3.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Monteith & Dewhurst, 2011: 179, figs.. Specimen or distribution
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Harman, 2011: 9. Specimen or distribution
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Gibson, Dewhurst & Makai, 2012: 53. Ecological data
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Shelomi, Watanabe & Arakawa, 2013: 25. Structure
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Brock, 2014: 36. Specimen or distribution
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Baker, 2015: 14. Ecological data
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Bradler, 2015: 8, fig. Image or description
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Gottardo, Vallotto & Beutel, 2015: 195, figs. Image or description; Structure
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Velonà, Brock, Hasenpusch & Mantovani, 2015: 458. Phylogeny or classification
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in van de Kamp & Greven, 2016: 45.
- Eurycantha sifia Kirby, 1904 (subjective synonym of Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869) in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 195. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Bradler & Buckley, 2018: 284, fig. Image or description
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Büscher, Buckley, Grohmann, Gorb & Bradler, 2018: 1-11, figs. Phylogeny or classification
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Simon, Letsch, Bank, Buckley, Donath, Liu, Machida, Meusemann, Misof, Podsiadlowski, Zhou, Wipfler & Bradler, 2019: 3, fig 1G. Image or description
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Olive & Olive, 2019: 18.
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Delfosse, Cliquennois, Depraetere & Robillard, 2019: 193. Specimen or distribution
- Eurycantha diabolus Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869) in Delfosse, Cliquennois, Depraetere & Robillard, 2019: 198. Specimen or distribution
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Boisseau, Ero, Makai, Bonneau & Emlen, 2020: 2, figs. Behavior
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Xu, Chen, Guan, Zhang, Storey, Yu & Zhang, 2021: 3109. Phylogeny or classification
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: pl. 21.2 & 32, 435, 522, figs. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Boisseau & Emlen, 2022: 246. Behavior
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in Durkin, 2023: 24-25, figs.. Image or description
- Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869 in McGavin & Davranoglou, 2023: 116.
- Eurycantha diabolus Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Eurycantha calcarata Lucas, 1869) in Ragazzini, Pamin, Nguyen, Hawlitschek & Husemann, 2024: 43. Phylogeny or classification
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Descendants and synonyms
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| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| species | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |