Dryococelus australis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Anartioptera
Magnordo: Polyorthoptera
Superordo: Orthopterida
Ordo: Phasmatodea
Subordo: Verophasmatodea
Infraordo: Anareolatae

Familia: Phasmatidae
Subfamilia: Eurycanthinae
Genus: Dryococelus
Species: Dryococelus australis
Name

Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier, 1855)
Synonyms

Karabidion australe Montrouzier, 1855: 86

References

Montrouzier, X. 1855. Essai sur la faune de l'Ile de Woodlark ou Moiou. Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d'Agriculture et d'Industrie (2) 7: 1–114. Google BooksOpen access Reference page.
Buckley, T.R., Attanayake, D. & Bradler, S. 2009. Extreme convergence in stick insect evolution: phylogenetic placement of the Lord Howe Island tree lobster. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B) 276: 1055–1062. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1552 Reference page.

Vernacular names
العربية: حشرة عيدان جزيرة لورد هاو
català: Insecte bastó de l'illa de Lord Howe
Deutsch: Baumhummer
English: Lord Howe Island stick insect, Lord Howe Island tree lobster, Lord Howe tree lobster
magyar: Lord Howe-szigeti botsáska
日本語: ロードハウナナフシ
Ripoarisch: Boomhummer
русский: Гигантский палочник
中文: 豪勋爵岛竹节虫