Dryococelus Gurney, 1947

Hennemann, Frank H. & Conle, Oskar V., 2006, Papuacocelus papuanus n. gen., n. sp. a new Eurycanthinae from Papua New Guinea, with notes on the genus Dryococelus Gurney, 1947 and description of the egg (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae: Eurycanthinae), Zootaxa 1375, pp. 31-49 : 39-40

Dryococelus Gurney, 1947

Type-species: Karabidion australe Montrouzier, 1855: 86 , by original designation of Gurney, 1947: 386.

Dryococelus Gurney, 1947: 384 .

Vickery, 1983: 6.

Zompro, 2001: 21.

Otte & Brock, 2005: 131.

Carabidion, Redtenbacher, 1908: 339 . [emendation of Karabidion Montrouzier, 1855 ] Eurycantha, Westwood, 1859: 62 ff. (in part)

Karabidion, Stål, 1875: 90 . [invalid designation of K. australe Montrouzier as the type-species] [not Karabidion Montrouzier, 1855: 81 . (Type-species: Eurycantha horrida Boisduval, 1835 ). Unnecessary replacement name for Eurycantha Boisduval, 1835 – objective synonym of Eurycantha Boisduval ]

Comments

Gurney (1947: 384) established Dryococelus to include only one species, Karabidion australe Montrouzier, 1855 from Lord Howe Island, which was formerly treated a member of Eurycantha Boisduval, 1835 . He placed it in close relation to Eurycantha Boisduval , Thaumatobactron Günther, 1929 and Canachus Stål, 1875 and provided a key to distinguish between these genera. Montrouzier (1855: 81) proposed Karabidion as a replacement name for Eurycantha Boisduval (Type-species: Eurycantha horrida Boisduval, 1835 , by monotypy) and included E. horrida Boisduval , the only previously known member of the genus, as well as three new species, among which was K. australe . As Montrouzier (1855: 81) had not designated a type-species for his Karabidion , it took on E. horrida Boisduval as the type-species (ICZN, 1999), and consequently became an objective synonym of Eurycantha Boisduval ( Gurney, 1947: 386) . The subsequent designation of K. australe Montrouzier as the type-species of Karabidion by Stål (1875: 90) was thus invalid.

Species included

1. Karabidion australe Montrouzier, 1855: 86 . = Eubulides spuria Kirby, 1904a: 441 .