Spinotectarchus acornutus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Euphasmatodea
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: Euphasmatodea

Familia: Diapheromeridae
Subfamilia: Pachymorphinae
Tribus: Hemipachymorphini
Genus: Spinotectarchus
Species: Spinotectarchus acornutus

Name

Spinotectarchus acornutus (Hutton, 1899; Pachymorpha) [comb. Salmon (1991: 111)]

Holotype female: CMNZ. Paratypes: none. [an immature specimen was conditionally included, i.e., 'an immature specimen, probably belonging to this species, ...' (Hutton, 1899: 54), and therefore has no type status contra Nicholls et al. (1998: 30) who record a male and a female syntype]

Type locality: Great Barrier Island, North Island, New Zealand.

References

Hutton, F.W. 1899: Revision of the New Zealand Phasmidae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 31: 50–59. [1]
Nicholls, D.C.; Urquhart, E.M.; Ward, J.B.; Johns, P.M. 1998: A list of insect primary types held in Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 12(2): 1–43.
Salmon, J.T. 1991: The stick insects of New Zealand. Reed, Auckland.