Species Austrosipyloidea carterus (Westwood, 1859)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Necroscia carterus Westwood, J.O. 1859. Catalogue of Orthopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. London : British Museum 184 pp. 48 pls. [138].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 2♀ adults, Australia (as Nova hollandia).
• Sipyloidea debilitata 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. [549].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW ♂ adult, Cooktown, QLD.
• Sipyloidea filiformis 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. [548].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NHMW ♂, Northern Australia and Gayndah, QLD; ZMH ♂ ♀, Northern Australia and Gayndah, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Vickery, V.R. 1983. Catalogue of Australian stick insects (Phasmida, Phasmatodea, Phasmatoptera, or Cheleutoptera). CSIRO Aust. Div. Entomol. Tech. Pap. No. 20. 15 pp. [10]
• Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography. Zootaxa 1570: 1-81 [7] (for Sipyloidea filiformis Redtenbacher, 1908)

Generic Combinations

• Austrosipyloidea carterus (Westwood, 1859). —
  Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography. Zootaxa 1570: 1-81

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Herbivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Male and female mesopterous.

General References

Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J.W. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia. Collingwoord, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 204 pp. [39]

History of changes