Studies on the Australasian stick-insect genus Extatosoma Gray (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Tropoderinae: Extatosomatini)

Journal of Orthoptera Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 303-313

  Brock, Paul D ^a  

^a Papillon   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cheleutoptera; Giant prickly stick insect; Macleay's Spectre; Phasmatodea; Phasmatoptera; Phasmidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977937451     PISSN: 10826467     EISSN: 19372426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1665/1082-6467(2001)010[0303:SOTASI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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