Skip to main content
Orthoptera Species File
species

Phasmodes ranatriformis Westwood, 1843

King's Park Stick Katydid
Phasmodes ranatriformis Westwood, 1843: male. (Otu).
Phasmodes ranatriformis Westwood, 1843: male. (Otu).
Phasmodes ranatriformis Westwood, 1843: male head and pronotum. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1516894; 11943ff2-cd25-4c79-9a6e-2fe96f1333c2: female (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516894; 11943ff2-cd25-4c79-9a6e-2fe96f1333c2: female head and pronotum (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516894; 11943ff2-cd25-4c79-9a6e-2fe96f1333c2: female basal and apical parts of the ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (14)

  • Phasmodes ranatriformis Westwood, 1843: 56.

    Holotype; female; 11943ff2-cd25-4c79-9a6e-2fe96f1333c2; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Western Australia, King George Sound

  • Phasmodes ranatriformis Westwood, 1843 in Walker, 1870: 467.
  • ... Show all ... (10)
  • Phasmodes ranatriformis Westwood, 1843 in Rentz, 2010: 188.
  • Phasmodes ranatriformes [sic] Westwood, 1843 (misspelling of Phasmodes ranatriformis Westwood, 1843)

Nomenclature references (13)

  • Bailey, W.J. (1998) The mating biology of Phasmodes ranatriformis (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), a mute genus of bushcricket from Western Australia. J. R. Soc. West. Aust., 81, 149–155.
  • Burr, M. (1899) Mimicry in Orthoptera. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 11, 48–50. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100459#page/58/mode/1up
  • ... Show all ... (9)
  • Handlirsch, A.P.J. (1922) Überordnung: Orthoptera (Latr.) m. (Geradflügler). In Handbuch der Entomologie, (Schröder, C.). Gustav Fischer, Jena. Vol. 3, 443–464 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79383#page/29/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Lakes-Harlan, R., Bailey, W.J. & Schikorski, T. (1991) The auditory system of an atympanate bushcricket Phasmodes ranatriformes (Westwood) (Tettigoniidae: Orthoptera). Journal of Experimental Biology, 158, 307–324. Available at http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/158/1/307.pdf
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Balderson, J. (1979) Catalogue of Australian Tettigoniidae. CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 15, 1–24.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1993) The Austrosaginae, Zaprochilinae and Phasmodinae. In A Monograph of the Tettigoniidae of Australia. CSIRO, Melbourne. Vol. 2, i-x, 1–386.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (2010) A Guide to the Katydids of Australia. CSIRO Publishing, 214 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Gd8CM_wn7pMC
  • Sharp, D. (1895) Insects. Part 1. (Chapters 12-14 Orthoptera continued: Acridiidae, Locustidae, Gryllidae). Cambridge Natural History, 5, 279–329. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64361
  • Ueshima, N. (1993) Karyotypes and meiosis of Phasmodinae, Zaprochilinae and Austrosaginae. In A Monograph of the Tettigoniidae of Australia. CSIRO, Melbourne. Vol. 2.
  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 3, 425–604 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci03britrich
  • Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. (1998) Karyotype characteristics of katydid orthopterans (Ensifera, Tettigoniidae), and remarks on their evolution at different taxonomic levels. Folia Biologica (Kraków), 46, 143–176.
  • Westwood, J.O. (1843) Plate LXIII. Descriptions of some orthopterous insects belonging to the section Saltatoria. Arcana Entomologica or Illustrations of New, Rare and Interesting Insects, 2(16), 53–56, pl. 63. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44314#page/383/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
species1012