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| Acrophylla alta Coupland & Emmott, 2025 |
Abstract
Searching of suitable habitat during the wet season months has revealed a spectacular new species of phasmid from Queensland, Australia: Acrophylla alta sp. nov., which is described and figured from the holotype and paratype females only, also eggs. A key is provided to compare it with other similar species within the genus. Habitat type and known foodplants are noted.
Phasmatodea, Stick insect, Acrophylla alta new species, cloud forest, Atherton Tablelands, altitude, endemic, taxonomy
Acrophylla alta sp. nov.
Ross M. COUPLAND and Angus J. EMMOTT. 2025. A New giant Species of Acrophylla Gray, 1835 (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Phasmatini) from the highlands of the Wet Tropics, Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa. 5647(4); 371-383. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.4.4 [2025-06-17]
