species

Neohirasea japonica (Haan, 1842)

CollectionObject 1560131; 4bcebd6b-cb47-483d-861b-7ca78066dc16: copyright RMNH, Leiden. female Phasma (Acanthoderus) japonicum (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1560132; NMW 455, 053dad5d-be6a-4610-83e1-ed69a47b46a5: copyright NMW, Vienna. female of synonym Menexenus lugens (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1560132; NMW 455, 053dad5d-be6a-4610-83e1-ed69a47b46a5: copyright NMW, Vienna. female, lateral view of synonym Menexenus lugens (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1560132; NMW 455, 053dad5d-be6a-4610-83e1-ed69a47b46a5: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Menexenus lugens (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1560133; 5356e4d5-1c6d-4397-9ca2-8fb93e2b3bf3: copyright ZMUH, Hamburg. female of synonym Menexenus lugens (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1560133; 5356e4d5-1c6d-4397-9ca2-8fb93e2b3bf3: copyright ZMUH, Hamburg. female, lateral view of synonym Menexenus lugens (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (44)

Phasma (Acanthoderus) japonicum Haan, 1842: 135, pl. 12:4.
Syntypes (n= 2); female; 4bcebd6b-cb47-483d-861b-7ca78066dc16; deposited at: Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NBC); Japan: Decima and Japen
Acanthoderus japonicus (de Haan, 1842) in Westwood, 1859: 50.
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Parapachymorpha (Neohirasea) japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Rehn, 1904: 84.
Neohirasea japonicus (de Haan, 1842) in Kirby, 1904: 325.
Menexenus lugens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 244.
Syntype; female; NMW 455; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Japan. Syntype; female; 5356e4d5-1c6d-4397-9ca2-8fb93e2b3bf3; deposited at: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg (ZMUH); Japan: Kobe
Menexenus japonicus (de Haan, 1842) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 245.
Acanthoderus japonicus (de Haan, 1842) in Shiraki, 1911: 292, 308.
Menexenus japonicus (de Haan, 1842) in Matsumura & Hirayama, 1932: fig. Image or description
Menexenus lugens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Shiraki, 1935: 59.
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Shiraki, 1935: 59.
Menexenus lugens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Yasumatsu, 1942: 7, fig. 6.
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Yasumatsu, 1965: 57, pl. 29:2. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Menexenus lugens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Weidner, 1966: 231.
Menexenus lugens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Sellick, 1980: 46. Phylogeny or classification
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Chen & He, 1987: 57.
Menexenus lugens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Acanthoderus) japonicum Haan, 1842) in Hausleithner, 1992: 430.
Neohirasea japonicus (de Haan, 1842) in Chen & He, 1992: 44, fig. 123.
Neohirasea japonicus (de Haan, 1842) in Hausleithner, 1992: 430.
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Bragg, 1996: 111.
Menexenus lugens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 in Sellick, 1998: 216. Phylogeny or classification
Menexenus lugens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Acanthoderus) japonicum Haan, 1842) in Brock, 1998: 40.
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Okada, 1999: 29, figs.. Image or description
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Maekawa, Kitade & Matsumoto, 1999: 176. Phylogeny or classification
Menexenus lugens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Acanthoderus) japonicum Haan, 1842) in Zompro, 2002: 189.
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Huang, 2002: 86.
Menexenus lugens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Acanthoderus) japonicum Haan, 1842) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 217.
Neohirasea japonicus (de Haan, 1842) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 217.
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Xu, 2005: 75. Specimen or distribution
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Xu, 2006: 61, fig. 11. Image or description
Menexenus lugens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Acanthoderus) japonicum Haan, 1842) in Hennemann, Conle & Zhang, 2008: 18.
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Hennemann, Conle & Zhang, 2008: 18.
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Chen & He, 2008: 106.
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Suzuki, 2010: 7, fig.. Image or description
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Kômoto, Yukuhiro, Ueda & Tomita, 2011: 45, fig. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Ho, 2012: 223. Phylogeny or classification
Menexenus lugens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Acanthoderus) japonicum Haan, 1842) in Ichikawa, 2016: 191. Phylogeny or classification
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Ho, 2016: 3.
Menexenus lugens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Acanthoderus) japonicum Haan, 1842) in Ho, 2017: 15. Phylogeny or classification
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Ho, 2017: 15. Phylogeny or classification; Key
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Suetsugu, Funaki, Takahashi, Ito & Yokoyama, 2018: 1504. Behavior
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Song, Li & Na, 2020: 8.
Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 538. Specimen or distribution

Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842) in Katsube, Hisasue & Mita, 2022: 962. Specimen or distribution
Menexenus lugens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Phasma (Acanthoderus) japonicum Haan, 1842) in Ragazzini, Pamin, Nguyen, Hawlitschek & Husemann, 2024: 53. Phylogeny or classification

Nomenclature references (38)

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Chen, S.C. & He, Y.H. (1987) Neohirasea japonica, New Record of China Phasmatodea. Journal of Beijing Forestry University, 9(2), 57.

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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	6	7