Species Hyrtacus tuberculatus Stål, 1875

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hyrtacus tuberculatus Stål, C. 1875. Recensio Orthopterorum. Stockholm : Norstedt & Soner Vol. 3 pp. 4-105 [67].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♀ adult, Australia.
• Bacteria frenchi Wood-Mason, J. 1877. On a small collection of Orthopterous Insects of the families Phasmidae and Mantidae from Australia and New Britain with descriptions of four new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 20: 74-75 [74].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ adult, N Australia.

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]

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD)

Ecological Descriptors

Grassland, herbivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Male and female apterous.