Species Anophelepis telesphorus Westwood, 1859

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anophelepis telesphorus 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. [69].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀ adults, Australia (as Australia occidentali) and Swan River, WA.
• Carnacia obscura Sjöstedt, Y. 1918. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 17. Mantidae and Phasmidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(19): 1-61 1 pl. [51].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♀ juv., Carnac (as Insul. Carnac), WA.

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. [4]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Herbivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Male volant and mesopterous, female brachypterous.

History of changes