Genus Xeroderus Gray, 1835

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• Xeroderus Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the Species of Insects Belonging to the Family of Phasmidae. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman 48 pp. [32].

  Type species:

   Xeroderus kirbii Gray, 1835 by monotypy.
• Cooktownia Sjöstedt, Y. 1918. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 17. Mantidae and Phasmidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(19): 1-61 1 pl [43].

  Type species:

   Cooktownia plana Sjöstedt, 1918 by monotypy.

 

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 [75]

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal