Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1570, 2007, Pages 1-84

  Brock, Paul D ^a   Hasenpusch, Jack ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b Australian Insect Farm   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; New combinations; New genera; New species; Phasmida; Synonyms

Indexed keywords

ALPHEUS; BACILLUS (STICK INSECT); CARAUSIUS; CARTERUS; CLITARCHUS; COOKTOWNIA; CTENOMORPHODES; DOLOMEDES; EURYCANTHA; EURYCANTHA CALCARATA; HETERONEMIA; HEXAPODA; HYRTACUS; HYRTACUS COENOSA; LIGIA; LIGULA; LONCHODES; PACHYMORPHA; PASIMACHUS; PHASMATODEA; SIPYLOIDEA; TROPIDODERUS; TROPIDODERUS CHILDRENII; TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 34748843149     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1570.1.1     Document Type: Article

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