Notes on the biology, captive management and conservation status of the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect (Dryococelus australis) (Phasmatodea)

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 399-413

  Honan, Patrick ^a  

^a Melbourne Zoo   (Australia)

Author keywords

Captive management; Ex situ conservation; Inbreeding; Insect husbandry; Insect pathology

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; INBREEDING; INSECT; PATHOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LORD HOWE ISLAND; NEW SOUTH WALES; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

DRYOCOCELUS AUSTRALIS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PHASMATIDAE; PHASMATODEA;

EID: 44949265127     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-008-9162-5     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Bedford GO (1975) Defensive behaviour of the New Guinea Stick Insect Eurycantha (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae: Eurycanthinae). Proc Linn Soc NSW 100:218-222
2. Carlberg U (1981) Hatching-time of Extatosoma tiaratum (Macleay) (Phasmida). Entomol Mon Mag 117:199-200
3. Carlberg U (1982) Egg production and adult mortality of Extatosoma tiaratum Macleay (Insecta: Phasmida). Zool Jahrb Abt Allg Zool Physiol Tiere 86(4):527-533
4. Clark Sellick JT (1998) The micropylar plate of the eggs of Phasmida, with a survey of the range of plate form within the order. Syst Entomol 23:203-228
5. Clarke GM (2001) Invertebrate conservation in Australia: Past, present and future prospects. Antenna 25:1-24
6. Collins NM (ed) (1990) The management and welfare of invertebrates in captivity. National Federation of Zoological Gardens of Great Britain and Ireland, London
7. Etheridge R (1889) The general zoology of Lord Howe Island. Aust Mus Mem 2:1-42
8. Gurney AB (1947) Notes on some remarkable Australian walkingsticks, including a synopsis of the genus Extatosoma (Orthoptera: Phasmatidae). Ann Entomol Soc Am 40:373-396
9. Hanski I, Poyry J (2007) Insect populations in fragmented habitats. In: Stewart AJA, New TR, Lewis OT (eds) Insect conservation biology. CABI, Wallingford, UK, pp 175-202
10. Hennemann FH, Conle OV (2006) Papuacocelus papuanus n.gen., n.sp. - a new Eurycanthine from Papua New Guinea, with notes on the genus Dryococelus Gurney, 1947 and description of the egg (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae: Eurycanthinae). Zootaxa 1375:31-49
11. Honan P (2007a) Husbandry of the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect. Australasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquaria, Melbourne
12. Honan P (2007b) The Lord Howe Island Stick Insect: An example of the benefits of captive management. Vic Nat 124(4):258-261
13. IUCN (1983) The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland
14. Lande R (1995) Mutation and conservation. Conserv Biol 9:782-791
15. Lea AM (1916) Notes on the Lord Howe Island phasma, and on an associated longicorn beetle. Proc Roy Soc S Aust 40:145-147
16. Lewbart GA (ed) (2006) Invertebrate medicine. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK
17. Lewis OT, New TR, Stewart AJA (2007) Insect conservation: Progress and prospects. In: Stewart AJA, New TR, Lewis OT (eds) Insect conservation biology. CABI, Wallingford, UK, pp 431-436
18. McAlpine DK (1967) Rediscovery of the Lord Howe Island phasmid. Aust Entomol Soc News Bull 2(3):71-72
19. Minott TK (2006) New Guinea walkingstick husbandry manual. Terrestrial Invertebrate Taxon Advisory Group, American Zoo Association, USA
20. New TR (1995) Introduction to invertebrate conservation biology. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Australia
21. Nicholls M (1952) A history of Lord Howe Island. Mercury Press, Hobart, Australia
22. Nunney L, Campbell KA (1993) Assessing minimum viable population size: demography meets population genetics. Trends Ecol Evol 8:234-239
23. Pearce-Kelly P, Honan P, Barrett P, Morgan R, Perrotti L, Sullivan E, Daniel BA, Veltman K, Clarke D, Moxey T, Spencer W (2007) The conservation value of insect breeding programmes: Rationale and example case studies. In: Stewart AJA, New TR, Lewis OT (eds) Insect conservation biology. CABI, Wallingford, UK, pp 57-75
24. Priddel D, Carlile N, Humphrey M, Fellenberg S, Hiscox D, (2002) Interim recovery actions: The Lord Howe Island Phasmid Dryococelus australis. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service unpublished report, Sydney, Australia
25. Priddel D, Carlile N, Humphrey M, Fellenberg S, Hiscox D, (2003) Rediscovery of the 'extinct' Lord Howe Island stick-insect (Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier)) (Phasmatodea) and recommendations for its conservation. Biodivers Conserv 12:1391-1403
26. Rentz DCF (1996) Grasshopper country: The abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia. University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, Australia
27. Saccheri IJ, Brakefield PM, Nichols RA (1996) Severe inbreeding depression and rapid fitness rebound in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana (Satyridae). Evolution 50:2000-2013
28. Sands DPA, New TR (2002) The action plan for Australian butterflies. Environment Australia, Canberra
29. Schultz SA, Schultz MJ (1998) Tarantula keeper's guide. Barron's Educational Series, USA
30. Smithers CN (1966) On some remains of the Lord Howe Island phasmid (Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier) (Phasmida)) from Ball's Pyramid. Entomol Mon Mag 105:252
31. Thompson DJ, Watts PC, Saccheri IJ (2007) Conservation genetics for insects. In: Stewart AJA, New TR, Lewis OT (eds) Insect conservation biology. CABI, Wallingford, UK, pp 280-300
32. Yen AL, Butcher RJ (1997) An overview of the conservation of non-marine invertebrates in Australia. Environment Australia, Canberra
33. Zompro O (2001) A review of the Eurycanthinae: Eurycanthini, with a key to genera, notes on the subfamily and designation of type species. Phasmid Stud 10(1):19-23