Species Podacanthus typhon Gray, 1833

Museums

Regional Maps

• Podacanthus typhon 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. [26].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 40.4.2.1304 ♀ adult, Sydney (as Port Jackson), NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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 [235].
• Podacanthus unicolor Charpentier, T. 1845. Orthoptera descripta et depicta. Leipzig : Lipsiae ii, vi 120 pp. 60 pls. [46].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMB adult(s), ♂ described (number and sex unknown), Australia.

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]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, herbivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Male and female volant.

History of changes