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Genus Eurycantha Boisduval, 1835

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Genus Eurycantha Boisduval, 1835

  • Eurycantha Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu vii 716 pp. [Date published 27-III-1835] [647].
    Type species:
     Eurycantha horrida Boisduval, 1835 by monotypy.
  • Karabidion Montrouzier, X. 1855. Essai sur la faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Moiou. Annales de la Société d’Agriculture de Lyon 2 7(1): 1-114 [81] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Eurycantha Boisduval, 1835; the subsequent designation by Stål, C. 1875. Recensio Orthopterorum. Stockholm : Norstedt & Soner Vol. 3 pp. 4–105. (90) of Karabidon australe Montrouzier 1855 as genotype of Karabidion was invalid, see Gurney, A.B. 1947. Notes on some remarkable Australasian walkingsticks, including a synopsis of the genus Extatosoma (Orthoptera: Phasmatidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 40(3): 373–396 (386)].
  • Carabidion 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 [339] [unjustified emendation for Karabidion Montrouzier, 1855; Karabidon australe Montrouzer, 1855 incorrectly given as a genotype].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Gurney, A.B. 1947. Notes on some remarkable Australasian walkingsticks, including a synopsis of the genus Extatosoma (Orthoptera: Phasmatidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 40(3): 373-396 [386]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

New Guinea.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: NE coastal

Distribution References

  • Günther, K. 1931. Beiträge zur Systematik und Geschichte der Phasmoiden-fauna Ozeaniens. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 17(6): 753-835 [769]