Genus Sipyloidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

This genus has a number of species frequenting tall tropical grasses, and others with brachypterous females, found on shrubs in the arid parts of southern Australia.

John et al: we believe that at least 12 species are currently represented in the Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) at Canberra. An examination of this collection shows that several geographic species-groups are present within the Australian fauna. These are distinguishable by form, colour pattern, wing development and structure of the terminalia.

Distribution

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Extralimital distribution: SE Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea and Philippines, see Redtenbacher, J. In Brunner von Wattenwyl, K. & Redtenbacher, J. (1908). Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. Lfg 3: (Schluss: Phasmidae anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophylini, Necrosciini). Leipzig: Verlag Engelmann pp. 339-589 12 pls [540].

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.
Bruins, E. (1999). The Complete Encyclopedia of Terrarium. Grange Books.
John, B., Rentz, D.C.F. & Contreras, N. (1987). Extensive chromosome variation in the stick insect genus Sipyloidea Brunner von Wattenwyl (Phylliidae: Necrosciinae) within Australia, and descriptions of three new species. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 1: 603-630
Rentz, D.C.F (1996). Grasshopper Country, Chapter 16, Phasmatodea: Leaf and Stick Insects, pp. 244-257
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.