Species

Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859)

Granulated Asceles

CollectionObject 1557160; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 844727, 344c458a-a35b-42a3-8085-5ec5de9d102f: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1558796; 16b8c3fa-a414-4beb-b817-8934c186d453: copyright NHMB, Basel. male of Gargantuoidea mecheli (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (30)

Necroscia gadarama Westwood, 1859: 130, pl. 21:4.
Holotype; female; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 844727; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);
Sosibia gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Kirby, 1904: 368.

Gargantuoidea mecheli Redtenbacher, 1908: 502. (homonym)
Holotype; male; 16b8c3fa-a414-4beb-b817-8934c186d453; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (NMBA); Indragiri
Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Redtenbacher, 1908: 498.
Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Giglio-Tos, 1910: 48.
Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Werner, 1934: 3.
Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Werner, 1934: 3.
Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Vanschuytbroeck & Cools, 1981: 6. Specimen or distribution
Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, 1995: 99.
Gargantuoidea mecheli Redtenbacher, 1908 in Hennemann & Conle, 1999: 11.
Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, 1999: 186.
Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Bragg, 2001: 534.
Gargantuoidea mecheli Redtenbacher, 1908 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 144.
Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 52.
Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 171. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2016: 32, figs. Image or description
Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2017: 12, figs. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Asceles spinanotus Seow-Choen, 2018: 34.
Gargantuoidea mecheli Redtenbacher, 1908 (synonym of Asceles spinanotus Seow-Choen, 2018) in Seow-Choen, 2018: 34. Phylogeny or classification
Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2019: 12.
Asceles spinanotus Seow-Choen, 2018 (synonym of Necroscia gadarama Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2020: 130. Phylogeny or classification
Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2020: 127, figs, 393. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Asceles spinanotus Seow-Choen, 2018 (synonym of Necroscia gadarama Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2021: 169. Phylogeny or classification
Gargantuoidea mecheli Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Necroscia gadarama Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2021: 169. Phylogeny or classification
Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2021: 169, figs. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 336, 530, fig. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Asceles spinanotus Seow-Choen, 2018 (synonym of Necroscia gadarama Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2023: 121. Phylogeny or classification
Gargantuoidea mecheli Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Necroscia gadarama Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2023: 121. Phylogeny or classification

Asceles gadarama (Westwood, 1859) in Seow-Choen, 2023: 121-125. Phylogeny or classification; Image or description
Necroscia gadarama Westwood, 1859 in Seow-Choen, 2025: 52. Specimen or distribution; Image or description

Nomenclature references (22)

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

Werner, F.J.M. (1934) Phasmiden aus Deli. Miscellanea Zoologica Sumatrana, 81, 1–3.
Westwood, J.O. (1859) Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. British Museum, London, 196 pp, 48 pl. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofortho00brituoft

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

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	4	5