Species Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855)
Lord Howe Island Stick-insect
- Karabidion australis Montrouzier, P. 1855. Essai sur la faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Moiou. Annales de la Société d'Agriculture de Lyon 2 7: 1-114 [86].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (Montrouzier's types were deposited at the Institution Saint Marie de Saint-Chamond, Loire which suffered considerable damage during military occupation in the two World Wars), ?Lord Howe Is. - Eubulides spuria Kirby, W.F. 1904. Notes on Phasmidae in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History) South Kensington, with descriptions of New Species. Nos I & II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 13: 372-377, 429-449 [441].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (♂ in BMNH is probably not from Australia and not the type, but an immature specimen of Dryoceles australis (Montr.), see Vickery, V.R. 1983. Catalogue of Australian stick insects (Phasmida, Phasmatodea, Phasmatoptera, or Cheleutoptera). CSIRO Aust. Div. Entomol. Tech. Pap. No. 20. 15 pp. [6]), Australia.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Considered possibly extinct, but population found on Balls Pyramid in 2001.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14)
Ecological Descriptors
Herbivore.
Extra Ecological Information
Male and female apterous.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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