Species
Asceles caecius Chen & He, 1999 (Published as synonym after 1960)
This name is not valid/accepted. The valid name is Lopaphus sphalerus (Redtenbacher, 1908).
Nomenclature (7)
- Asceles caecius Chen & He, 1999: 86, fig. 3. (nomen nudum: published as synonym after 1960)
Holotype; male; 1c751985-92a2-46a0-ab25-01fc40336341; deposited at: Beijing Forestry University (BJFC); China: Guangxi: Aut. Reg., Huanjiang County
- Asceles caecius Chen & He, 1999 in Chen & He, 2008: 116, fig. 81.
- Asceles caecius Chen & He, 1999 in Gao, Xu, Wang, Qian & Li, 2026: 12.
- Asceles caecius Chen & He, 1999 (subjective synonym of Cercophylla sphalera Redtenbacher, 1908) in Gao, Xu, Wang, Qian & Li, 2026: 56.
Nomenclature references (6)
- Chen, S.C. & He, Y.H. (1999) Three new species of Phasmatodea from Guangxi, China (Phasmida: Phasmatidae and Heteronemiidae). Journal of Guangxi Academy of Sciences, 15(2), 84–86.
- Chen, S.C. & He, Y.H. (2008) Phasmatodea of China. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 476 pp. [in Chinese] Available at http://www.nhbs.com/phasmatodea-of-china-chinese-book
- 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
- Gao, H.-R., Xu, W.-F., Wang, C., Qian, J.-D. & Li, Y.-H. (2026) Another synonym of Lopaphus sphalerus (Redtenbacher, 1908) due to the similarity between the specific epithets, with additional distribution notes (Phasmatodea: Lonchodidae). Spixiana, 49(1), 55–59.
Descendants and synonyms
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