Species Tropidoderus childrenii (Gray, 1833)
Children’s Stick-insect
- Trigonoderus childrenii 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:
Syntype(s) BMNH 3♀ adults, Australia. - Diura typhaeus 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. [27].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ adult, Australia. - Tropidoderus iodomus McCoy, F. 1882. Natural History of Victoria. Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria; or, figures and descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victorian indigenous animals. Melbourne : Government Printer. 1 Decade 37 pp. 7 pls. [33].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV ♀ adults (number unknown), Beaconsfield, Dandenong Range and near Melbourne, VIC. - Tropidoderus decipiens Rainbow, W.J. 1897. Description of two new Australian Phasmas, together with a synopsis of the Phasmidae of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 3(2): 34-37 [36].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♀ adult, Gordon (Sydney suburb), NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, herbivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Male and female macropterous.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |