Species Acrophylla wuelfingi (Redtenbacher, 1908)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Vetilia wuelfingi 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. [464].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMH ♀ adult(s) (number unknown), N Australia (as Nordwest-Australien) and VIC; SMNS ♀ adult(s) (number unknown), N Australia (as Nordwest-Australien) and VIC; NHMW ♀ (number unknown), N Australia (as Nordwest-Australien) and VIC.
• Vetilia ligula 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. [464].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MCSN ♀ adult, Australia.
  Paralectotype(s) MCSN ♀ ('may represent a different species, or may be mislabelled' (Brock & Hasenpusch 2007: 72)), New Guinea.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography. Zootaxa 1570: 1-81 [72]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, herbivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Male volant and mesopterous, female flightless and mesopterous.

History of changes