Species

Austrosipyloidea carterus (Westwood, 1859)

Black-striped Stick-insect

CollectionObject 1561934; 9baf44c1-018d-430c-ade2-e0069b19dd4b, NMW 1087: copyright NMW, Vienna. male of synonym Sipyloidea debilitata (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561934; 9baf44c1-018d-430c-ade2-e0069b19dd4b, NMW 1087: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Sipyloidea debilitata (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561934; 9baf44c1-018d-430c-ade2-e0069b19dd4b, NMW 1087: copyright NMW, Vienna. male, wings of synonym Sipyloidea debilitata (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561934; 9baf44c1-018d-430c-ade2-e0069b19dd4b, NMW 1087: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Sipyloidea debilitata (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561934; 9baf44c1-018d-430c-ade2-e0069b19dd4b, NMW 1087: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: end of abdomen, dorsal view of synonym Sipyloidea debilitata (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561957; b9655f81-9f02-44a3-8f36-c885c44e980e, NMW 1104: copyright NMW, Vienna. male of synonym Sipyloidea filiformis (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561957; b9655f81-9f02-44a3-8f36-c885c44e980e, NMW 1104: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Sipyloidea filiformis (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561957; b9655f81-9f02-44a3-8f36-c885c44e980e, NMW 1104: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Sipyloidea filiformis (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561957; b9655f81-9f02-44a3-8f36-c885c44e980e, NMW 1104: copyright NMW, Vienna. male: head and thorax, dorsal view of synonym Sipyloidea filiformis (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561957; b9655f81-9f02-44a3-8f36-c885c44e980e, NMW 1104: copyright NMW, Vienna. male, wings of synonym Sipyloidea filiformis (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561958; 7eeabab2-6d31-432d-b63a-f6d6b8076580: copyright ZMUH, Hamburg. male of synonym Sipyloidea filiformis (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1561959; 1b4b0ab5-5da9-49e1-8b00-d1c62e34a828: copyright ZMUH, Hamburg. male of synonym Sipyloidea filiformis (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561958; 7eeabab2-6d31-432d-b63a-f6d6b8076580: copyright ZMUH, Hamburg. male, lateral view of synonym Sipyloidea filiformis (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1561959; 1b4b0ab5-5da9-49e1-8b00-d1c62e34a828: copyright ZMUH, Hamburg. male, lateral view of synonym Sipyloidea filiformis (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561958; 7eeabab2-6d31-432d-b63a-f6d6b8076580: copyright ZMUH, Hamburg. female of synonym Sipyloidea filiformis (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1561959; 1b4b0ab5-5da9-49e1-8b00-d1c62e34a828: copyright ZMUH, Hamburg. female of synonym Sipyloidea filiformis (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1561958; 7eeabab2-6d31-432d-b63a-f6d6b8076580: copyright ZMUH, Hamburg. female, lateral view of synonym Sipyloidea filiformis (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1561959; 1b4b0ab5-5da9-49e1-8b00-d1c62e34a828: copyright ZMUH, Hamburg. female, lateral view of synonym Sipyloidea filiformis (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562007; bf9e0dbf-20a9-4e8b-ac10-07475d47ac89: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female of Necroscia carterus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562007; bf9e0dbf-20a9-4e8b-ac10-07475d47ac89: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, lateral view of Necroscia carterus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562007; bf9e0dbf-20a9-4e8b-ac10-07475d47ac89: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: head and thorax, lateral view of Necroscia carterus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562007; bf9e0dbf-20a9-4e8b-ac10-07475d47ac89: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of Necroscia carterus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562007; bf9e0dbf-20a9-4e8b-ac10-07475d47ac89: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, data labels of Necroscia carterus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562007; bf9e0dbf-20a9-4e8b-ac10-07475d47ac89: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, data labels [small round label reversed] of Necroscia carterus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1562007; bf9e0dbf-20a9-4e8b-ac10-07475d47ac89: copyright Natural History Museum, London. female, data labels [round label reversed] of Necroscia carterus (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (40)

Necroscia carterus Westwood, 1859: 138, pl. 15:5. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Syntypes (n= 2); female; bf9e0dbf-20a9-4e8b-ac10-07475d47ac89; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: 'N. & N.W. Coast & Houtmans Abrolhoo'
Necroscia carterus Westwood, 1859 in Rainbow, 1897: 42. Specimen or distribution

Necroscia carterus Westwood, 1859 in Tepper, 1903: 283. Specimen or distribution
Necroscia carterus Westwood, 1859 in Kirby, 1904: 377. Phylogeny or classification
Sipyloidea debilitata Redtenbacher, 1908: 549. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Holotype; male; NMW 1087; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Australia: Queensland; Cooktown
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908: 548. Phylogeny or classification; Image or description
Lectotype; male; NMW 1104; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Australia: Queensland; Port Curtis
Sipyloidea carterus (Westwood, 1859) in Redtenbacher, 1908: 549. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908 in Sjöstedt, 1918: 56. Specimen or distribution
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908 in Günther, 1934: 535. Specimen or distribution
Sipyloidea carterus (Westwood, 1859) in Günther, 1934: 532. Specimen or distribution
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908 in Weidner, 1966: 232. Phylogeny or classification
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908 in Key, 1970: 351, fig. 22.3j; 359. Image or description
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908 in Sellick, 1980: 63. Phylogeny or classification
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908 in Vickery, 1983: 10. Phylogeny or classification
Sipyloidea debilitata Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Necroscia carterus Westwood, 1859) in Vickery, 1983: 10.
Sipyloidea carterus (Westwood, 1859) in Vickery, 1983: 10. Phylogeny or classification
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908 in Baccetti, 1987: 118, figs. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908 in Masetti, 1987: 150. Structure
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908 in Rentz, 1996: 246, fig.. Image or description
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908 in Sellick, 1998: 212. Phylogeny or classification
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908 in Balderson, Rentz & Roach, 1998: 355. Phylogeny or classification
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908 in Brock & Lowe, 1998: 71. Specimen or distribution
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908 in Brock, 1998: 28. Phylogeny or classification
Sipyloidea debilitata Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Necroscia carterus Westwood, 1859) in Balderson, Rentz & Roach, 1998: 355.
Sipyloidea debilitata Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Necroscia carterus Westwood, 1859) in Brock, 1998: 24.
Sipyloidea carterus (Westwood, 1859) in Balderson, Rentz & Roach, 1998: 355. Phylogeny or classification
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908 in Zompro, 2002: 186. Phylogeny or classification
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 318. Phylogeny or classification
Sipyloidea debilitata Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Necroscia carterus Westwood, 1859) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 317.
Sipyloidea carterus (Westwood, 1859) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 317. Phylogeny or classification
Sipyloidea debilitata Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Necroscia carterus Westwood, 1859) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 7, 70.
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Necroscia carterus Westwood, 1859) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 7, 70.
Austrosipyloidea carterus (Westwood, 1859) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007: 7, 70. Phylogeny or classification
Austrosipyloidea carterus (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, 2008: 12, fig.. Specimen or distribution
Austrosipyloidea carterus (Westwood, 1859) in Brock & Hasenpusch, 2009: 39, figs.. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution; Behavior
Austrosipyloidea carterus (Westwood, 1859) in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 164. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
Austrosipyloidea carterus (Westwood, 1859) in Rudolf & Brock, 2017: e.T78680813A78744289. Ecological data; Specimen or distribution
Austrosipyloidea carterus (Westwood, 1859) in Williams, 2020: 127. Specimen or distribution

Austrosipyloidea carterus (Westwood, 1859) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 429, 531, fig. Image or description; Specimen or distribution
Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908 (subjective synonym of Necroscia carterus Westwood, 1859) in Ragazzini, Pamin, Nguyen, Hawlitschek & Husemann, 2024: 59. Phylogeny or classification

Nomenclature references (28)

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
Rainbow, W.J. (1897) Description of two new Australian Phasmas, together with a synopsis of the Phasmidae in Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 3, 34–44, pls. 9–10. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6951489/#page/58/mode/1up

Tepper, J.G.O. (1903) List of described genera and species of the Australian and Polynesian Phasmidae (Spectre-insects). Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia, 26, 278–287. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/136804#page/308/mode/1up

Kirby, W.F. (1904) A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae). The Trustees of the British Museum, London, Vol. 1, 501 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29661

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

Sjöstedt, Y. (1918) Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg´s Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 17. Mantidae und Phasmidae. Arkiv för Zoologi, 11(19), 1–61, pl. 1–7. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30807#page/575/mode/1up

Günther, K. (1934) Phasmoiden und Forficuliden von Java, den Kleinen Sundainseln und Nordaustralien. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 41(34), 525–537. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46534875#page/551/mode/1up

Weidner, H. (1966) Die entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg. VI. Insecta III. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburger Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 63, 209–264. Available at http://www.cenak.uni-hamburg.de/sammlungen/zoologie/entomologie/typenkatalog/weidner-1966-blattariae-thysanoptera.pdf

Key, K.H.L. (1970) In The Insects of Australia, A textbook for students and research workers. 1st Edition. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne. 348–359 pp.

Sellick, J.T.C. (1980) A study of the eggs of the insect order Phasmida with particular reference to establishing the taxonomic value of egg structure in this group. UNPUBLISHED. PhD thesis. University of London. Available at http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.281183

Vickery, V.R. (1983) Catalogue of Australian stick insects (Phasmida, Phasmatodea, Phasmatoptera, or Cheleutoptera). CSIRO Australian division of Entomology, Technical Paper No 20, 1–19. Available at http://publications.csiro.au/rpr/download?pid=procite:bc6d4d28-0bab-4f42-8f59-c5025bb110cd&dsid=DS1

Baccetti, B. (1987) Spermatozoa and stick insects phylogeny. In M. Mazzini & V. Scali (Eds.). Stick Insects: Phylogeny and reproduction. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Stick Insects, Siena. University of Siena. pp. 117–124. [1986]

Masetti, M. (1987) A comparative analysis of vitellins in stick insects. In M. Mazzini & V. Scali (Eds.). Stick Insects: Phylogeny and reproduction. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Stick Insects, Siena. University of Siena. pp. 149–156. [1986]

Rentz, D.C.F. (1996) Grasshopper country. The abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia. Orthoptera; grasshoppers, katydids, crickets. Blattodea; cockroaches. Mantodea; mantids. Phasmatodea; stick insects. University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 284 pp. Available at http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=G0Z2wY2B2ncC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Grasshopper+country

Balderson, J., Rentz, D.C.F. & Roach, A.M.E. (1998) Phasmatodea. In W.W.K. Houston & A. Wells (Eds.). Zoological Catalog of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. pp. 347–376, 451–456.

Brock, P.D. & Lowe, L. (1998) A study of the stick-insects (Phasmida) from Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 7, 71–76. Available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/3503496?seq=1

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

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

Zompro, O. (2002) Catalogue of type material of the insect order Phasmatodea at the Zoologisches Museum der Universität Hamburg (Insecta: Orthoptera: Phasmatodea). Mitteilungen des Hamburger Zoologischen Museums und Instituts, 99, 179–201. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/27261013_Catalogue_of_type_material_of_the_insect_order_Phasmatodea_at_the_Zoologisches_Museum_der_Universitat_Hamburg_Insecta_Orthoptera_Phasmatodea

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

Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J.W. (2007) Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography. Zootaxa, 1570, 1–84. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/287837852_Studies_on_the_Australian_stick_insects_Phasmida_including_a_checklist_of_species_and_bibliography

Brock, P.D. (2008) Exciting new Australian stick insects. The Phasmid Study Group Newsletter, 112, 10–12, front cover. [2007]

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Brock, P.D., Marshall, J.A., Beccaloni, G.W. & Harman, A.J.E. (2016) The types of Phasmida in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Zootaxa, 4179(2), 151–208. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/309585799_The_types_of_Phasmida_in_the_Natural_History_Museum_London_UK

Rudolf, E. & Brock, P.D. (2017) Austrosipyloidea carterus. Available at http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/78680813/0

Williams, G. (2020) In The Invertebrate World of Australia’s Subtropical Rainforests. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, Vic. Available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/book/7948/

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
Ragazzini, M., Pamin, J.-H., Nguyen, E., Hawlitschek, O. & Husemann, M. (2024) An annotated catalogue of the type specimens of Phasmatodea deposited at the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH). Zootaxa, 5499, 1–82. Available at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5499.1.1

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	4	5