SpeciesRose-Winged Stick Insect
Necroscia prasina (Burmeister, 1838)
Nomenclature (76)
- Phasma prasinum Burmeister, 1838: 586. (valid)
Lectotype; female; d23926ac-6161-4256-921d-12a3deaa8fb7; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Berlin, German (ZMHUB);
- Necroscia chloris Audinet-Serville, 1838: 253.
Syntypes (n= 2); female; 4fd18caf-8580-4cd1-921a-f8429e5a00bc;
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838: 252.
Syntypes (n= 2); male; b3e60f31-bdb2-429f-9cc4-f17f1a721070; . Syntypes (n= 2); female; bf953736-6e2d-42e8-ba50-e895a8d8c040;
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 (subjective synonym of Phasma prasinum Burmeister, 1838) in Burmeister, 1840: 39.
- Necroscia prasinum (Burmeister, 1838) in Burmeister, 1840: 39.
- Phasma (Necroscia) roseipenne (Audinet-Serville, 1838) in Haan, 1842: 118, 121.
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Percheron, 1844: pl. 53:5. Image or description
- Phasma prasinum Burmeister, 1838 (subjective synonym of Necroscia burmeisteri Westwood, 1859) in Westwood, 1859: 151. Phylogeny or classification
- Necroscia burmeisteri Westwood, 1859: 151.
- Necroscia chloris Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Westwood, 1859: 151.
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Westwood, 1859: 151. Phylogeny or classification
- Necroscia pallescens Kaup & Heyden, 1871 in Kaup, 1871: 41, pl. 1:21.
Syntypes (n= 2); female; e9804731-d78c-46be-85fe-1131cf942bcc; deposited at: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum (SMF); Sri Lanka
- Necroscia pallescens Kaup & Heyden, 1871 in Kaup, 1871: 22, pl. 1:21.
- Necroscia chloris Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Kirby, 1904: 375.
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Kirby, 1904: 436. Phylogeny or classification
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Kirby, 1904: 376. Phylogeny or classification
- Necroscia pallescens Kaup & Heyden, 1871 (subjective synonym of Necroscia chloris Audinet-Serville, 1838) in Kirby, 1904: 375.
- Aruanoidea seriata Redtenbacher, 1908: 522.
Holotype; male; NMW 1016; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); North
- Aruanoidea roseipennis (Audinet-Serville, 1838) in Redtenbacher, 1908: 526.
- Sipyloidea pallescens (Kaup & Heyden, 1871) in Redtenbacher, 1908: 551.
- Aruanoidea chloris (Audinet-Serville, 1838) in Redtenbacher, 1908: 526.
- Aruanoidea seriata Redtenbacher, 1908 in Giglio-Tos, 1910: 49.
- Aruanoidea roseipennis (Audinet-Serville, 1838) in Bruner, 1915: 237. Phylogeny or classification
- Aruanoidea roseipennis (Audinet-Serville, 1838) in Werner, 1934: 3. Phylogeny or classification
- Necroscia pallescens Kaup & Heyden, 1871 in Sellick, 1980: 61, fig. 25. Phylogeny or classification
- Aruanoidea roseipennis (Audinet-Serville, 1838) in Vanschuytbroeck, 1980: 6. Specimen or distribution
- Aruanoidea seriata Redtenbacher, 1908 in Passerin d' Entrèves, 1981: 58. Specimen or distribution
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Seow-Choen, Brock & Seow-En, 1994: 11. Image or description
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Seow-Choen, Pin, Brock & Seow-En, 1994: 394. Life zone and ecology data
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Seow-Choen, Brock & Seow-En, 1994: 8. Image or description
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Seow-Choen, Brock & Seow-En, 1994: 71. Image or description
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Seow-Choen, Seow-En & Seow-An, 1994: 91. Image or description
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Brock, 1995: 91. Phylogeny or classification
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Tay & Seow-Choen, 1996: 181. Life zone and ecology data
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Seow-Choen, 1997: 90. Image or description
- Necroscia pallescens Kaup & Heyden, 1871 in Sellick, 1998: 212. Phylogeny or classification
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Seow-Choen, 1998: 88. Specimen or distribution
- Necroscia seriata (Redtenbacher, 1908) in Brock, 1998: 57.
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Seow-Choen, 1999: 299. Image or description; Life zone and ecology data
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Seow-Choen, 1999: 75. Specimen or distribution
- Necroscia burmeisteri Westwood, 1859 (synonym of Phasma prasinum Burmeister, 1838) in Brock, 1999: 176.
- Necroscia burmeisteri Westwood, 1859 (subjective synonym of Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838) in Brock, 1999: 176. Phylogeny or classification
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 (subjective synonym of Phasma prasinum Burmeister, 1838) in Brock, 1999: 176.
- Necroscia prasina (Burmeister, 1838) in Brock, 1999: 60.
- Necroscia prasina (Burmeister, 1838) in Seow-Choen, 2000: 22-23, pl. 61.
- Necroscia chloris Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Bragg, 2001: 572.
- Necroscia prasina (Burmeister, 1838) in Bragg, 2001: 34.
- Necroscia prasina (Burmeister, 1838) in Bragg, 2001: 6.
- Necroscia prasina (Burmeister, 1838) in Bragg, 2001: 575, figs.
- Scionecra seriata (Redtenbacher, 1908) in Bragg, 2001: 600.
- Necroscia pallescens Kaup & Heyden, 1871 in Zompro, 2004: 92.
- Necroscia chloris Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 211.
- Necroscia burmeisteri Westwood, 1859 (synonym of Phasma prasinum Burmeister, 1838) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 214.
- Necroscia pallescens Kaup & Heyden, 1871 (subjective synonym of Necroscia chloris Audinet-Serville, 1838) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 211.
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 (subjective synonym of Phasma prasinum Burmeister, 1838) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 214.
- Necroscia prasina (Burmeister, 1838) in Seow-Choen, 2005: 58.
- Necroscia prasina (Burmeister, 1838) in Zompro, 2005: 276.
- Necroscia prasina (Burmeister, 1838) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 214.
- Scionecra seriata (Redtenbacher, 1908) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 313.
- Necroscia prasina (Burmeister, 1838) in Blüthgen, Metzner & Ruf, 2006: 35.
- Necroscia prasina (Burmeister, 1838) in Abercrombie, 2010: 7, fig.. Specimen or distribution
- Necroscia chloris Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Seow-Choen, 2016: 134. Specimen or distribution
- Necroscia roseipennis Audinet-Serville, 1838 (subjective synonym of Phasma prasinum Burmeister, 1838) in Seow-Choen, 2016: 148. Phylogeny or classification
- Necroscia prasina (Burmeister, 1838) in Seow-Choen, 2016: 148, figs. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
- Scionecra seriata (Redtenbacher, 1908) in Seow-Choen, 2016: 236, fig. Image or description
- Necroscia prasina (Burmeister, 1838) in Seow-Choen, 2019: 110.
- Scionecra seriata (Redtenbacher, 1908) in Seow-Choen, 2019
- Necroscia chloris Audinet-Serville, 1838 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 536. Specimen or distribution
- Necroscia prasina (Burmeister, 1838) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 537. Specimen or distribution
- Scionecra seriata (Redtenbacher, 1908) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 543. Specimen or distribution
- Necroscia chloris Audinet-Serville, 1838 (subjective synonym of Phasma prasinum Burmeister, 1838) in Seow-Choen, 2023: 309-311. Phylogeny or classification
- Necroscia prasina (Burmeister, 1838) in Seow-Choen, 2023: 309-312. Phylogeny or classification; Image or description
- Phasma prasinum Burmeister, 1838 in Seow-Choen, 2025: 146. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
- Aruanoidea seriata Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Phasma prasinum Burmeister, 1838) in Seow-Choen, 2025: 146.
- Necroscia prasina (Burmeister, 1838) in Bragg, Japir & Fazrinah, 2026: 22-23. Specimen or distribution
- Necroscia prasina (Burmeister, 1838) in Seow-Choen, 2026: 56. Key
Nomenclature references (48)
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Descendants and synonyms
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| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 13 | 14 | |