Dryococelus australis

♂ Dryococelus australis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anareolatae

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Ordo: Phasmatodea Subordo: Verophasmatodea Infraordo: Anareolatae

Familia: Phasmatidae
Subfamilia: Eurycanthinae
Genus: Dryococelus
Species: Dryococelus australis

Name

Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855)

Synonyms

• Karabidion australe Montrouzier, 1855: 86

References

• Montrouzier, X. 1855. Essai sur la faune de l'Ile de Woodlark ou Moiou. Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d'Agriculture et d'Industrie (2) 7: 1–114. Google Books Reference page. 
• Buckley, T.R., Attanayake, D. & Bradler, S. 2009. Extreme convergence in stick insect evolution: phylogenetic placement of the Lord Howe Island tree lobster. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B) 276: 1055–1062. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1552 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

العربية: حشرة عيدان جزيرة لورد هاو
català: Insecte bastó de l'illa de Lord Howe
Deutsch: Baumhummer
English: Lord Howe Island stick insect, Lord Howe Island tree lobster, Lord Howe tree lobster
magyar: Lord Howe-szigeti botsáska
日本語: ロードハウナナフシ
Ripoarisch: Boomhummer
русский: Гигантский палочник
中文: 豪勋爵岛竹节虫

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