Species Acrophylla nubilosa Tepper, 1905

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• Acrophylla nubilosa Tepper, J.G.O. 1905. Insects collected in the North-western Region of South Australia proper by H. Basedow; with descriptions of new species of Mantidae and Phasmidae, No. 2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 29: 237-245 [241].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂ adult, NW SA.
• Acrophylla aliena Redtenbacher, J. in Brunner von Wattenwyl, K. & Redtenbacher, J. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. Lfg 3: (Schluss: Phasmidae anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophylini, Necrosciini). Leipzig : Verlag Engelmann pp. 339-589 12 pls. [456].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW ♂ ♀ adults (number unknown), Australia.
• Acrophylla paula Tepper, J.G.O. 1905. Insects collected in the North-western Region of South Australia proper by H. Basedow; with descriptions of new species of Mantidae and Phasmidae, No. 2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 29: 237-245 [242].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂ adult, NW SA.

 

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 [72]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Also 'northern Australia'

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, herbivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Male and female mesopterous.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)