Species Austrocarausius nigropunctatus (Kirby, 1896)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lonchodes nigropunctatus Kirby, W.F. 1896. On some new or rare Phasmidae in the Collection of the British Museum. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2 6(6): 447-475 pls xxxix-xl [453].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ adult, Lizard Is., QLD.
• Carausius macerrimus Brunner von Wattenwyl, K. In Brunner von Wattenwyl, K. & Redtenbacher, J. 1907. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. Lfg 2: Phasmidae anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). Leipzig : Verlag Engelmann 181-338 pp. pls vii-xv [275].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW ♀ adult, Cooktown, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography. Zootaxa 1570: 1-81 [70]

Generic Combinations

• Austrocarausius nigropunctatus (Kirby, 1896). — Brock, P.D. 2000. Studies on Australian stick-insects of the family Heteronemiidae, subfamily Lonchodinae, including the description of a new genus. Journal of Orthoptera Research 9: 51-55.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Herbivore.