Genus Eurycnema Audinet-Serville, 1838

Identification Key

Distribution:

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Extralimital distribution: Indonesia and New Guinea, see Kirby, W.F. (1904). A Synonyinic Catalogue of Orthoptera. Vol. I. Orthoptera, Euplexoptera, Cursoria, et Gressoria (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae). London: Longmans & Co. x 501 pp. [391]. See also Brock, P.D. (1998). Studies on the stick-insect genus Eurycnema Audinet-Serville (Phasmida; Phasmatidae) with particular reference to Australian species. J. Orthoptera Research, 7: 61-70.

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.
Bradley, J.C., and Galil, B.S. (1977). The taxonomic arrangement of the Phasmatodea with keys to the subfamilies and tribes. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 79(2): 176-208.
Brock, P.D. (1998). Studies on the stick-insect genus Eurycnema Audinet-Serville (Phasmida; Phasmatidae) with particular reference to Australian species. J. Orthoptera Research, 7: 61-70.
Rainbow, W.J. (1897). Description of two new Australian Phasmas, together with a synopsis of the Phasmidae of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 5 Aug, 3(2), 34-37, 2 pls.
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.
Tepper, J.G.O. (1903). Notes and remarks on the described genera and species of Australian and Polynesian Phasmidæ or ``spectre insects''. Victorian Naturalist, 19: 138-142.
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.

Synonyms:

Clemacantha Rainbow, 1897
Cyphocrania Audinet-Serville, 1828