Common Name:
Delete this section if there is no common name.
Identification:
Length:
Coloring:
Note any distinguishing features.
Note parental placement of eggs.
Note appearance of eggs.
Note any common variations.
Habitat:
Lives on Pandanus tectarius.
Similar Species:
M. batesii may be the same species.
Rearing Notes:
Note if this species has ever been reared.
Note any suggestions for successful rearing.
Range:
Status:
It is not known if this species is endangered,
as there is insufficient sighting history.
References:
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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.
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Bedford, G.O. (1978).
Biology and ecology of the Phasmatodea.
Ann. Rev. Entomol. 23: 125-149
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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.
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Rentz, D.C.F (1996).
Grasshopper Country,
Chapter 16,
Phasmatodea: Leaf and Stick Insects,
pp. 244-257
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