Bibliography for PHASMATIDAE Leach, 1815

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• Bedford, G.O. 1968. Notes on the biology of some Australian stick insects (Phasmatodea). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 7: 81-82
• Bedford, G.O. 1975. Defensive behaviour of the New Guinea stick insect Eurycantha (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae: Eurycanthinae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 100: 218-222
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• Beier, M. 1968. Ordnung Phasmida (Stab-oder Gespenstheuschrecken). Handbuch der Zoologie Berlin 4(2): 1-56
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• Brock, P.D. 2022. A new species of Pachymorpha Gray, 1835 (Phasmida: Phasmatidae) from Queensland. Phasmid Studies 21: 106-112
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• Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J. 2006. Studies on the Australian stick-insect genus Onchestus (Phasmida: Phasmatidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research 14(1): 17-22
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• Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J.W. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia. Collingwoord, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 204 pp.
• Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J.W. 2022. A new species of Onchestus Stål (Phasmida: Phasmatidae) from Eungella, Queensland. Phasmid Studies 21: 75-89
• Brock, P.D. & Monteith, G.B. 2018. A striking new species of Parapodacanthus Brock (Phasmida: Phasmatidae) from southeastern Queensland. Australian Entomologist 45(1): 17-26
• Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. 1893. Révision du système des Orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2a 13: 1-230 [published September]
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• Froggatt, W.W. 1922. Description of a new phasma belonging to the genus Extatosoma. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 47: 344-345 pl. 38
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• Gray, G.R. 1833. The Entomology of Australia in a Series of Monographs. The monograph of the genus Phasma. London : Longman & Co. Part 1 28 pp. 8 pls.
• Gray, G.R. 1834. Descriptions of several species of Australian Phasmata. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1: 45-46
• 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.
• Gray, G. R. 1837. Description of some singularly formed Orthopterous Insects. Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology and Meteorology 2(1): 141-145, figs 15-18
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• Hasenpusch, J. & Brock, P.D. 2010. Macleay's Spectre Extatosoma tiaratum - taking camouflage to an extreme. Phasmid Study Group Newsletter 121: 11
• Hennemann, F. 2020. Megacraniinae-The Palm Stick Insects: A new subfamily of Old World Phasmatodea and a redefinition of Platycraninae Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1893 (Phasmatodea: "Anareolatae"). Zootaxa 4896(2): 151–179
• 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
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• Key, K.H.L. 1960. Proposed addition of certain generic and specific names in the family Phasmatidae (Class Insecta, Order Phasmatodea) to the Official Lists and Indexes. Z.N. (S) 1167. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 17: 235-240
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• Kirby, W.F. 1888. On the insects (exclusive of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera) of Christmas Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 546-555
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