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Lopaphus sphalerus (Redtenbacher, 1908)

CollectionObject 1559565; NMW 1053, 88677673-e8a5-497e-921b-9793e64f7ff7: copyright NMW, Vienna. female Cercophylla sphalera (holotype) and female juv. (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1559565; NMW 1053, 88677673-e8a5-497e-921b-9793e64f7ff7: copyright NMW, Vienna. female Cercophylla sphalera (holotype) and female juv. (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1559565; NMW 1053, 88677673-e8a5-497e-921b-9793e64f7ff7: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: head and thorax, lateral view of Cercophylla sphalera (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1559565; NMW 1053, 88677673-e8a5-497e-921b-9793e64f7ff7: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of Cercophylla sphalera (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1559567; NMW 1075, d835c82b-101c-4146-9101-5a5a572cfd50: copyright NMW, Vienna. male of synonym Candaules caesius (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1559567; NMW 1075, d835c82b-101c-4146-9101-5a5a572cfd50: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Candaules caesius (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1559567; NMW 1075, d835c82b-101c-4146-9101-5a5a572cfd50: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Candaules caesius (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (17)

  • Cercophylla sphalera Redtenbacher, 1908: 531. (valid)

    Holotype; female; NMW 1053; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Vietnam: Than-Moi

  • Candaules caesius Redtenbacher, 1908: 539.

    Holotype; male; NMW 1075; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Vietnam: Than-Moi

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  • Lopaphus sphalerus (Redtenbacher, 1908) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 535. Specimen or distribution
  • Lopaphus sphalerus (Redtenbacher, 1908) in Qin, Zhang & Bian, 2025: 729. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (13)

  • Baxter, R.N. (2002) Rearing Stick and Leaf Insects. Chudleigh Publishing, Ilford, 103 pp. Available at http://www.pemberleybooks.com/product/rearing-stick-and-leaf-insects/5624/
  • 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
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  • Brock, P.D. (1998) Catalogue of type-specimens of Stick- and Leaf-Insects in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Insecta: Phasmida). Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien: Vol. 13(5). Naturhistorischen Museum Wien, 72 pp. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/kat-nhmw_13_0003-0072.pdf
  • Harman, A.J.E. (2012) The Development of the Phasmid Species List Part Four: PSG No.151 – PSG No.200. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 129, 16–18.
  • Hennemann, F.H. (1999) Phasmidensteckbrief Nr. 6. Lopaphus sphalerus (Redtenbacher, 1908) (PSG 174). Arthropoda, 7(1), 19.
  • Hennemann, F.H., Conle, O.V. & Seiler, C. (1998) Bemerkungen zu Lopaphus caesius (Redtenbacher 1908) nebst Beschreibung der Eier (Phasmatodea: Necrosciinae). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 108(5), 197–203.
  • Otte, D. & Brock, P.D. (2005) In Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world. The Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 414 pp. Available at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24725959-phasmida-species-file
  • Qin, Y.T., Zhang, Q.W. & Bian, X. (2025) A newly recorded species of the genus Lopaphus Westwood, 1859 (Phasmida: Lonchodidae: Necrosciinae) from China. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 11(3), 729–740. https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.3.729
  • 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
  • Seiler, C., Bradler, S. & Koch, R. (2000) In Phasmiden Pflege und Zucht von Gespenstschrecken, Stabschrecken und Wandelnden Blattern im Terrarium. bede-Verlag GmbH, Ruhmannsfelden. 144 pp. [in German]
  • 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
  • Whiting, M.F., Bradler, S. & Maxwell, T. (2003) Loss and recovery of wings in stick insects. Priroda, 421(6920), 264–267. Available at http://whitinglab.byu.edu/Portals/61/docs/Publications/Nature_421.pdf
  • Yamada, A., Bresseel, J., Chen, Z., Nguyen, A.D. & Eguchi, K. (2021) Deposition of phasmid eggs (Phasmatodea) in the nests of Acanthomyrmex glabfemoralis Zhou & Zheng, 1997 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Taiwania, 66(2), 267‒272. Available at http://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract.php?type=abstract&id=1758

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
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