Ctenomorphodes briareus (Gray, 1834)

Common Name:

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Identification:

Length: 146mm. Coloring: Note any distinguishing features.

male volant and mesopterous, female flightless and mesopterous

Note parental placement of eggs. Note appearance of eggs. Note any common variations.

Habitat:

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Note typical vegetation, e.g. tropical rainforest, temperate rainforest, grasslands, alpine, etc.

Similar Species:

Ctenomorphodes tessulata

Rearing Notes:

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PSG notes indicate the following foodplants have been used successfully in captivity: Bramble, Oak, Eucalyptus.

For a stick insect with body length 146mm, to keep 2 adult females, you need a cage at least 650mm high, 300mm deep and 300mm wide.

Range:

NE coastal, QLD

Status:

It is not known if this species is endangered, as there is insufficient sighting history.

References

Balderson, J., Rentz, D.C.F. and Roach, A.M.E. (1998). in Houston, W.K.K. & Wells, A. (1998) (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia (ISBN 0643 06035 9). pp. 347 - 376.
Clark, J.T. (1976). The eggs of stick insects (Phasmida): a review with descriptions of the eggs of eleven species. Syst. Ent. 1: 95-105.
Gray, G.R. (1834). Descriptions of several species of Australian Phasmata. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, i, 1 (November 7), pp. 45-46.
Gray, G.R. (1835). ‘Synopsis of the Species of Insects Belonging to the Family of Phasmidae.’ 48pp. (Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman: London.)
Key, K.H.L. (1957). Kentromorphic phases in three species of Phasmatodea. Australian Journal of Zoology 5: 247-284
Rainbow, W.J. (1897). Catalogue of the described Phasmidae of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 3(2), 37-44. [Note that he made a mistake re Extatosoma popa and E. tiaratum according to Gurney, A.B. (1947). Notes on some remarkable Australasian walkingsticks, including a synopsis of the Genus Extatosoma (Orthoptera: Phasmatidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 40(3): 373-396. .]
Tepper, J.G.O. (1902). List of the Described Genera and Species of the Australian and Polynesian Phasmidæ (Spectre-Insects). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 26: 278-287.
Vickery, V.R. (1983). Catalogue of Australian stick insects (Phasmida, Phasmatodea, Phasmatoptera, or Cheleutoptera). CSIRO Australian Division of Entomology Technical Paper, No. 20, 15 pp.
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Phasmid Study Group

This is PSG species 15. It is described in PSG Newsletter #7.

Synonyms:

Acrophylla briareus Gray, 1835
Ctenomorpha nigrovaria Stål, 1875c
Ctenomorpha albopunctatum Kirby, 1896
Diura briareus Gray, 1834