Species Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835

Museums

Regional Maps

• Acrophylla enceladus 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. [39].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OUM 627 ♂ ♀ adult (number and whereabouts of other syntypes unknown), Australia.
• Vetilia eurymedon Stål, C. 1877. Espèces nouvelles de Phasmides. Bulletin ou Comptes-rendus des Séances de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 20: lxii-lxviii [lxiii].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♀ adult, Cape York, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kirby, W.F. 1900. Orthoptera. pp. 141-153 in Andrews, C.W. (ed.). A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): physical features and geology; with descriptions of the fauna and flora by numerous contributors. London : British Museum (Natural History) xiii 337 pp. [11]

Generic Combinations

• Vetilia enceladus (Gray, 1835).
• Acrophylla enceladus Gray, 1835. —
  Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J.W. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia. Collingwoord, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 204 pp.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, herbivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Male and female macropterous.

History of changes