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Phasmatodea (Stick Insects or Walking Sticks)

 

Family: Diapheromeridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Cornicandovia australica

(Redtenbacher, 1908) Lord Howe horn-headed stick-insect c.1900 Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia Missing Access
             
Pseudobactricia ridleyi (Kirby, 1904) Ridley's stick insect pre-1905 Singapore Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Lonchodidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Carausius scotti Ferrière in Bolívar & Ferrière, 1912 Scott's stick insect (rediscovered) Silhouette Island, Seychelles Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Phasmatidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Davidrentzia valida Brock & Hasenpusch, 2007 Rentz's strong stick-insect - Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia Rediscovered Access
             
Dryococelus australis Montrouzier, 1855 Lord Howe Island stick insect, Land lobster, Lord Howe Island phasmid, Giant Lord Howe Island stick insect - Lord Howe Island and Ball's Pyramid, New South Wales, Australia Rediscovered Access

 

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