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[
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♁,
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[
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:
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described the species from both sexes in coll.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,278,1918,1942]" pageId="3" pageNumber="446">FIGURE 2:</emphasis>
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♁ Queensland, Garradunga, in dorsal view [F. Hennemann coll. No. 0839-2];
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End of abdomen of same ♁ lateral, dorsal and ventral views;
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, pl. 31: 6-7 (First illustrations of both sexes);
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, 37, 145;
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Velonà
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, 2015: 458
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.
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Additional checklist and other references in
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Brock
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,277,1917,1941]" pageId="4" pageNumber="447">FIGURE 3:</emphasis>
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A.
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♀ holotype, dorsal view [MNHU];
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ventral view;
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lateral view;
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Head &amp; thorax, in dorsal view;
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End of abdomen lateral, dorsal and ventral views. All photos by Oskar Conle.
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<emphasis box="[199,389,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="448">Xeroderus kirbyi</emphasis>
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(Justified emendation of the original incorrect spelling. Most authors were unaware of this paper until 2017, hence the species has been listed as
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<emphasis box="[917,978,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="448">kirbii</emphasis>
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by many authors up to 2017, when it was used and reported in the Phasmida Species File,
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Brock
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, 2023
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);
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<bibRefCitation author="Redtenbacher, J." box="[934,1219,223,249]" pageId="5" pageNumber="448" refId="ref5635" refString="Redtenbacher, J. (1908) Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden III. (Brunner von Wattenwyl, K. and Redtenbacher, J. (1906 - 1908 )). W. Engelmann, Leipzig, pp. 339 - 589, pls. 16 - 27." type="book" year="1908">Redtenbacher, 1908: 308</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Brock, P. D. &amp; Buscher, T. H." pageId="5" pageNumber="448" refId="ref4764" refString="Brock, P. D. &amp; Buscher, T. H. (2022) Stick and leaf-insects of the world. Phasmids. N. A. P. Editions, Verrieres-le-Buisson, 612 pp." type="book" year="2022">Brock &amp; Büscher, 2022: 561</bibRefCitation>
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.
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<treatmentCitation author="Sjostedt, Y." box="[199,619,295,321]" page="44" pageId="5" pageNumber="448" year="1918">
<taxonomicName ID-CoL="Y2QV" authority="Sjostedt, 1918: 44" authorityName="Sjostedt" authorityPageNumber="44" authorityYear="1918" box="[199,619,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Phasmatidae" genus="Cooktownia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phasmida" pageId="5" pageNumber="448" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="plana">
<emphasis box="[199,406,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="448">Cooktownia plana</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Sjostedt, Y." box="[412,619,295,321]" pageId="5" pageNumber="448" pagination="1 - 61" refId="ref5684" refString="Sjostedt, Y. (1918) Results of Dr E. Mjoberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910 - 1913. 17. Mantidae and Phasmidae. Arkiv for Zoologi, 11 (19), 1 - 61, pls. 1 - 7." type="journal article" year="1918">Sjöstedt, 1918: 44</bibRefCitation>
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, pl. 7: 2-3.
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</emphasis>
♁ nymph,
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:
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,
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, ix.[NHRS] (
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designated in order to fix the status of this species, by selecting the only specimen with data);
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<typeStatus box="[151,327,367,393]" pageId="5" pageNumber="448">Paralectotypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
♁,
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nymphs,
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[NHRS] (
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by
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&amp;
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, 2007: 75).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,492,402,429]" pageId="5" pageNumber="448">Habitat and foodplants.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName box="[502,619,403,429]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Melaleuca" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="5" pageNumber="448" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Melaleuca</taxonomicName>
forest, coastal and inland feeding on
<taxonomicName box="[1068,1243,403,429]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Melaleuca" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="5" pageNumber="448" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis box="[1068,1186,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="448">Melaleuca</emphasis>
spp.
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and
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Backhousia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="5" pageNumber="448" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis box="[1306,1437,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="448">Backhousia</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
(
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). Whilst likely in wet areas classed as tropical rainforest edges or rocky, rainforest-lined creeks, they are sometimes in dry forest, for example a moulting female in Davies Creek NP, north
<collectingRegion box="[1204,1336,475,501]" country="Australia" name="Queensland" pageId="5" pageNumber="448">Queensland</collectingRegion>
by Ross Coupland,
<date box="[274,397,511,537]" pageId="5" pageNumber="448" value="2017-11-30">30.xi.2017</date>
. At Babinda falls, near Innisfail, a superbly camouflaged example was found resembling the mossy boulders it was found on (
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) (by Sophie Kalkowksi-Pope, via Ross Coupland, who found an even better camouflaged male and female in nearby Golden Hole, Biggs Recreation area, Bartle Frere on
<date pageId="5" pageNumber="448" value="2023-01-25">25 January 2023</date>
, on a trunk of
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<emphasis box="[373,581,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="448">Alphitonia excelsa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the afternoon) (
<figureCitation box="[791,907,619,645]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1921,1945]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1898]" captionTargetId="figure-28@8.[151,1436,181,1898]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 6: A. B. Live specimens of Xeroderus kirbyi in nature, showing superbly camouflaged female and male, photos by Ross Coupland; C. on boulder, photo by Sophie Kalkowski-Pope." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7784551" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7784551/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="448">Fig. 6A,B</figureCitation>
). The habit of resting on tree trunks to blend in with their surroundings, does not appear to always indicate these are foodplants, as adults may fly and hide away from foodplants. This species may be difficult to rear as nymphs tend to wander until they die in captivity. When kept on a potted unsleeved tree, they feed well and rest on the bark during the day (Jack Hasenpusch, pers. comm.
<date box="[151,291,763,789]" pageId="5" pageNumber="448" value="2021-03">March 2021</date>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="5.[151,1437,151,1077]" pageId="5" pageNumber="448">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,289,798,824]" pageId="5" pageNumber="448">Season.</emphasis>
It has been noted as adults so far at least between September and March, nymphs in June to November.
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<paragraph blockId="5.[151,1437,151,1077]" pageId="5" pageNumber="448">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,442,870,896]" pageId="5" pageNumber="448">
Distribution (
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).
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Northern
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: Rockhampton to north of Cooktown (
<bibRefCitation author="Brock, P. D. &amp; Hasenpusch, J. W." box="[1109,1432,871,897]" pageId="5" pageNumber="448" pagination="8 - 9" refId="ref4950" refString="Brock, P. D. &amp; Hasenpusch, J. W. (2009 b) Notes on Kirby's Stick-insect; the master of camouflage? Butterfly &amp; Other Invertebrates Club Inc. Newsletter, 53, 8 - 9." type="journal article" year="2009">Brock &amp; Hasenpusch, 2009b</bibRefCitation>
, ALA), with males occasionally attracted to lights run by David Rentz in Kuranda. In SE
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, examples include Coolum, Fraser Island, Gin Gin and Noosa (
<bibRefCitation author="Brock, P. D. &amp; Hasenpusch, J. W." box="[721,1044,943,969]" pageId="5" pageNumber="448" pagination="8 - 9" refId="ref4950" refString="Brock, P. D. &amp; Hasenpusch, J. W. (2009 b) Notes on Kirby's Stick-insect; the master of camouflage? Butterfly &amp; Other Invertebrates Club Inc. Newsletter, 53, 8 - 9." type="journal article" year="2009">Brock &amp; Hasenpusch, 2009b</bibRefCitation>
), ALA references include Brisbane, Mount Mellum and Talegalla Weir (on
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<emphasis box="[605,888,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="448">Lophostemon suaveolens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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) bark, another probable foodplant); Scott W. Gavins,
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. A photograph said to be taken in The
<collectingRegion box="[896,1104,1015,1041]" country="Australia" name="Northern Territory" pageId="5" pageNumber="448">Northern Territory</collectingRegion>
, S of Alice Springs, i.
<date box="[1346,1436,1015,1041]" pageId="5" pageNumber="448" value="2014-03">iii.2014</date>
needs following up, also occurs in
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, with an ALA record near Urliup on i.
<date box="[1167,1243,1051,1077]" pageId="5" pageNumber="448" value="2023-01">i.2023</date>
.
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