Species Mesaner sarpedon (Westwood, 1859)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Necroscia sarpedon Westwood, J.O. 1859. Catalogue of Orthopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. London : British Museum 184 pp. 48 pls [139].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ 2♀ adults, north Australia.
• Mesaner lineatus Redtenbacher, J. In Brunner von Wattenwyl, K. & Redtenbacher, J. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. Lfg 3: (Schluss: Phasmidae anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophylini, Necrosciini). Leipzig : Verlag Engelmann pp. 339-589 12 pls [538].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Cape York Peninsula (as Kap York), QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Vickery, V.R. 1983. Catalogue of Australian stick insects (Phasmida, Phasmatodea, Phasmatoptera, or Cheleutoptera). CSIRO Aust. Div. Entomol. Tech. Pap. No. 20. 15 pp. [8]

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Herbivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Male and female mesopterous.