Species Anchiale briareus (Gray, 1834)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Phasma (Diura) briareus Gray, G.R. 1834. Descriptions of several species of Australian Phasmata. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1: 45-46 [45].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (sex unknown), Australia (as New Holland).
• Ctenomorpha nigrovaria Stål, C. 1875. Recensio Orthopterorum. Stockholm : Norstedt & Soner Vol. 3 pp. 4-105. [83].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHRM ♂ ♀ adults (number unknown), Cape York, QLD.
• Ctenomorpha albopunctatum Kirby, W.F. 1896. On some new or rare Phasmidae in the Collection of the British Museum. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2 6(6): 447-475 pls xxxix-xl [472].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 2♂ adults, QLD.
• Ctenomorpha macleayi 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. [41].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) LS ♂ ♀ adults, Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Karny, H.H. 1923. Zur Nomenklatur der Phasmoiden. Treubia 3: 230-242 [240]

Generic Combinations

• Anchiale briareus (Gray, 1834). —
  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

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, herbivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Male volant and mesopterous, female flightless and mesopterous.

General References

Hennemann, F.H., Conle, O.V. & Suzuki, S. 2015. A study of the members of the tribe Phasmatini Gray, 1835, that occur within the boundaries of Wallacea (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae: Phasmatinae: “Lanceocercata”). Zootaxa 4008: 1-74 [11]

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