Ramulus westwoodii is a species of stick insect first described by James Wood-Mason in 1873 and named in honour of John O. Westwood.[5][2][1][6][4][3][7][8]

Ramulus westwoodii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Subfamily: Clitumninae
Tribe: Clitumnini
Genus: Ramulus
Species:
R. westwoodii
Binomial name
Ramulus westwoodii
(Wood-Mason, 1873)
Synonyms

Cuniculina westwoodii
    (Wood-Mason, 1873)[1]
Baculum westwoodii
    (Wood-Mason, 1873)[2]
Lonchodes westwoodii
    (Wood-Mason, 1873)[3]
Bacillus westwoodii
    (Wood-Mason, 1873)[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Brunner von Wattenwyl (1907) (Brunner and Redtenbacher 1906-08, published in three parts: Redtenbacher 1906, 1908; Brunner 1907), Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. II. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini)., Verlag Engelmann, Leipzig Phasmiden: 181-338, pls 7-15
  2. ^ a b Kirby (1904), A synonymic catalog of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria and Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae), The Trustees of the British Museum, London 1: 1-501
  3. ^ a b Wood-Mason (1875) On new or little-known species of Phasmidae, with a brief preliminary notice of the occurrence of a clasping apparatus in the males throughout the family, Journal of the Asian Society Bengal ( J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal) 44 (3): 215-220, pl. 16-17
  4. ^ a b Wood-Mason (1873) On new or little-known species of Phasmidae. Part I. -Genus Bacillus, Journal of the Asian Society Bengal (J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal) 42 (2): 45-56, pl. 5-7
  5. ^ Otte & Brock (2005), Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the World, The Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1-414
  6. ^ Wood-Mason (1877) Notes on Phasmidae, Journal of the Asian Society Bengal (J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal) 46: 342-352, pl. 2-3
  7. ^ Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D, eds. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalog of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK.
  8. ^ PhasmidaSF: Phasmida Species File . Brock P., 2010-04-14