Genus Xeroderus Gray, 1835

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• Xeroderus Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the Species of Insects Belonging to the Family of Phasmidae. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman 48 pp. [32].

  Type species:

   Xeroderus kirbii Gray, 1835 by monotypy.
• Cooktownia Sjöstedt, Y. 1918. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 17. Mantidae and Phasmidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(19): 1-61 1 pl. [43].

  Type species:

   Cooktownia plana Sjöstedt, 1918 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography. Zootaxa 1570: 1-81 [75]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

General References

Brock, P. & Hennemann, F.H. 2023. A new species of Xeroderus Gray, 1835 (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Xeroderinae) from Papua New Guinea and notes on the genus. Zootaxa 5258(4): 443-454

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Oct-2015	PHASMIDA	24-Apr-2023	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)