species

Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn, 1904)

Japanese Winged Stick-insect

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Nomenclature (47)

Marmessoidea phluctainoides Rehn, 1904: 73.
Syntype; male; 4f928c38-7b5d-46ed-961f-753a06ec8f34; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Japan: Yokohama. Syntype; female; b8730f1c-e35e-4fdb-8d64-e61561a4ccfd; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Japan: Yokohama. Syntypes (n= 3); female; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 844786-844788; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Japan: Yokohama. Syntype; male; abb1d81c-bde9-4d41-9cf0-f80d4edba0ee; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Japan: Yokohama. Syntypes (n= 5); female; e611e944-2d48-40fc-b5bd-7cd65ae6fc57; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Japan: Yokohama. Syntype; female; 31b82a70-6ea2-4d95-bb1d-5f8c9144f294; deposited at: Polish Academy of Science, Museum of the Institute of Zoology (MZPW); Japan: Yokohama
Arrhidaeus phlyctaenoides [sic] (Rehn, 1904) in Kirby, 1904: 438.
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Arrhidaeus phlyctaenoides [sic] (Rehn, 1904) in Kirby, 1904: 384. Phylogeny or classification
Arrhidaeus phlyctaenoides [sic] (Rehn, 1904) (misspelling of Marmessoidea phluctainoides Rehn, 1904) in Kirby, 1904: 438.
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Redtenbacher, 1908: 533, pl. 27:4.
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 (misspelling of Marmessoidea phluctainoides Rehn, 1904) in Redtenbacher, 1908: 533, pl. 27:4.
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Giglio-Tos, 1910: 51. Phylogeny or classification
Marmessoidea phluctainoides Rehn, 1904 in Shiraki, 1911: 291, 301.
Micadina phluctanoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Aldrich, 1919: 379.
Micadina phluctanoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 (misspelling of Marmessoidea phluctainoides Rehn, 1904) in Aldrich, 1919: 379.
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Matsumura & Hirayama, 1932: fig. Image or description
Micadina rotundata Shiraki, 1935: 72, pl. 8:12-14 and pl. 10:1-2.
Syntypes (n= 3); male; 00789178-df61-4bc3-8603-97b9113bafb9; deposited at: National Taiwan University (NTUC); Taiwan: Amami-Oshima, Nase Shiro, Nishinakama, Okinawa; Nago. Syntypes (n= 5); female; 810ab1cd-835b-48ee-afdb-8c2f78efa7b8; deposited at: National Taiwan University (NTUC); Taiwan: Amami-Oshima, Nase Shiro, Nishinakama, Okinawa; Nago
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Shiraki, 1935: 71. Phylogeny or classification
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Yasumatsu, 1939: 25. Phylogeny or classification
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Yasumatsu, 1942: 10, fig. 13a-h. Image or description
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Shiraki, 1952: 5. Specimen or distribution
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Yasumatsu, 1965: 57, pl. 29:3. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn, 1904) in Kwon & Kim, 1978: 107. Specimen or distribution
Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn, 1904) in Otte, 1978: 78.
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Sellick, 1980: 60, fig. 23. Phylogeny or classification
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Passerin d' Entrèves, 1981: 58. Specimen or distribution
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Kwon, Ha & Lee, 1992: 54. Specimen or distribution
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Liana, 1996: 5. Phylogeny or classification
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Sellick, 1998: 212. Phylogeny or classification
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Okada, 1999: 25, figs.. Specimen or distribution
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 203. Phylogeny or classification
Micadina rotundata Shiraki, 1935 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 203.
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Chen & He, 2008: 123. Phylogeny or classification
Micadina rotundata Shiraki, 1935 (subjective synonym of Marmessoidea phluctainoides Rehn, 1904) in Ichikawa & Okada, 2008: 15.
Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn, 1904) in Ichikawa & Okada, 2008: 15, figs.
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Suzuki, 2010: 7, fig.. Image or description
Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn, 1904) in Krijns, 2010: 4, figs.. Life history
Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn, 1904) in Kômoto, Yukuhiro, Ueda & Tomita, 2011: 45, fig. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn, 1904) in Ho, 2013: 105. Phylogeny or classification
Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn, 1904) in Harman, 2015: 26. Specimen or distribution
Micadina rotundata Shiraki, 1935 (subjective synonym of Marmessoidea phluctainoides Rehn, 1904) in Ichikawa, 2016: 195. Phylogeny or classification
Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn, 1904) in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 188. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn, 1904) in Ichikawa, 2016: 195. Phylogeny or classification
Arrhidaeus phlyctaenoides [sic] (Rehn, 1904) (synonym of Marmessoidea phluctainoides Rehn, 1904) in Ho, 2017: 8. Phylogeny or classification
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 (synonym of Marmessoidea phluctainoides Rehn, 1904) in Ho, 2017: 8. Phylogeny or classification
Micadina rotundata Shiraki, 1935 (subjective synonym of Marmessoidea phluctainoides Rehn, 1904) in Ho, 2017: 8. Phylogeny or classification
Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn, 1904) in Ho, 2017: 8. Phylogeny or classification; Key
Micadina phluctaenoides [sic] Rehn, 1904 in Suetsugu, Funaki, Takahashi, Ito & Yokoyama, 2018: 1504. Behavior
Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn, 1904) in Song, Li & Na, 2020: 8.
Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn, 1904) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 370, 536, fig. Image or description; Specimen or distribution

Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn, 1904) in Katsube, Hisasue, Nishiya, Hashizume & Mita, 2022: 959. Specimen or distribution
Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn, 1904) in Wang, Jeng, Tsai & Wu, 2025: 2, 5. Phylogeny or classification

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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	5	6