Species Austrocarausius mercurius (Stål, 1877)
Plain Stick-insect
- Carausius mercurius Stål, C. 1877. Espèces nouvelles de Phasmides. Bulletin ou Comptes-rendus des Séances de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 20: lxii-lxviii [lxii].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ adult, Rockhampton, QLD.Type locality references:
Sjöstedt, Y. 1933. Orthopterentypen im Naturhistonschen Reichsmuseum zu Stockholm. 7. Phasmidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 25A(16): 1-10 [4]. - Carausius australicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, K. in Brunner von Wattenwyl, K. & Redtenbacher, J. 1907. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. Lfg 2: Phasmidae anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). Leipzig : Verlag Engelmann 181-338 pp. pls vii-xv. [273].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHMW ♀ adult, Rockhampton, QLD; ZMH 3♀, Rockhampton, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Brock, P.D. 2000. Studies on Australian stick-insects of the family Heteronemiidae, subfamily Lonchodinae, including the description of a new genus. Journal of Orthoptera Research 9: 51-55
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Herbivore.
General References
Forni, G., Cussigh, A., Brock, P.D., Jones, B.R., Nicolini, F., Martelossi, J., Luchetti, A. & Mantovani, B. 2023. Taxonomic revision of the Australian stick insect genus Candovia (Phasmida: Necrosciinae): insight from molecular systematics and species-delimitation approaches. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2023 197: 189-210 [857]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2023 | Lonchodinae | 17-Feb-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |