Asceles

Asceles is a genus from the stick insect family Diapheromeridae.^{[3][1][4][5][6][7][8]} Some of the species of Asceles have a distribution in Malaysia and Singapore.^[9][10]

Species

There are currently 43 species described within this genus.^[11] Many of the species have numerous synonyms which will be listed alongside their currently accepted name.

• Asceles adspirans (Redtenbacher 1908)^[12][13][14]
• Asceles annandalei (Günther 1938)^[15][16]
• Asceles bispinus (Redtenbacher 1908)^{[17][18][19][20][14][21][22][23]}
• Asceles brevicollis (Redtenbacher 1908)^{[24][25][14][21]}
• Asceles brevipennis (Redtenbacher 1908);^[26][27][28] also attributed to Hennemann, Conle & W. Zhang, 2008^[29]
• Asceles caesius (Chen, S.C. & Y.H. He 1999)^[30][14][31]
• Asceles certus (Redtenbacher 1908)^{[32][33][34][35]}
• Asceles civilis (Redtenbacher 1908)^{[36][37][38][39]}
• Asceles clavatus (Chen, S.C. & J. Wang 1998)^{[40][41][42][43][44]}
• Asceles cornucervi (Redtenbacher 1908)^{[45][41][46][43][44]}
• Asceles diadema (Redtenbacher 1908)^[47][16]
• Asceles dilatatus (Chen, S.C. & Y.H. He 2004)
• Asceles dorsalis (Redtenbacher 1908)^{[48][49][19][14][21]}
• Asceles elongatus (Redtenbacher 1908)^{[50][25][14][21]}
• Asceles gadarama (Westwood 1859);^{[51][49][18][20][52][53][14][21][54][55][56]} also known as Necroscia gadarama (Westwood, 1859)^[56] and Sosibia gadarama (Westwood, 1859)^[53]
• Asceles glaber (Günther 1938)^{[57][18][20][13][58][14][59]}
• Asceles gracillimus (Werner 1934);^{[60][61][62][63][25][14][55]} also known as Aaceles gracillimus^[64][65][66]
• Asceles heros (Redtenbacher 1908)^{[67][49][14][68]}
• Asceles icaris (Stål 1877);^{[69][70][53][14][21][71][72]} also known as Necroscia icaris (Stål, 1877)^[53][72]
• Asceles larunda (Westwood 1859);^[73][74] also known as Asceles inquinatus (Redtenbacher, 1908)^[75] and Necroscia larunda (Westwood, 1859)^[76]
• Asceles lineatus (Redtenbacher 1908)^[77][78]
• Asceles longicauda (Bi 1990);^[79] also known as Sinophasma longicauda^[79]
• Asceles longipes (Redtenbacher 1908)^[80][81]
• Asceles longzhouensis (Chen, S.C. & Y.H. He 2000)^[82][83]
• Asceles malaccae (Saussure 1868);^[84][85] also known as Necroscia malaccae (Saussure, 1868)^[86]
• Asceles mancinus (Westwood 1859);^[87][88] also known as Necroscia mancinus (Westwood, 1859)^[89] and Sosibia mancinus (Westwood, 1859)^[90]
• Asceles margaritatus (Redtenbacher 1908)^[91][92]
• Asceles mecheli (Redtenbacher 1908)^[93][94]
• Asceles nigrogranosus (Stål 1877);^[95][96] also known as Asceles nigrogranosa (Stål, 1877)^[97] and Necroscia nigrogranosa (Stål, 1877)^[98]
• Asceles obsoletus (Redtenbacher 1908);^[99][100] also attributed to Otte & Brock, 2005^[101]
• Asceles opacus (Redtenbacher 1908)^[102][103]
• Asceles panteli (Redtenbacher 1908)^[104][105]
• Asceles penicillatus (Redtenbacher 1908)^[106][107]
• Asceles perplexus (Redtenbacher 1908)^[108][109]
• Asceles pumila (Werner 1934);^{[110][111][112][113][14][54]} also known as Aaceles pumila^{[114][115][116]}
• Asceles quadriguttatus (Chen, S.C. & Y.H. He 1996);^[117][118] also known as Pachyscia quadriguttata (Chen & He, 1996)^[117]
• Asceles rufescens (Redtenbacher 1908);^[119][120] also known as Sipyloidea rufescens (Redtenbacher, 1908)^[121]
• Asceles rulanda, of which there are three subspecies: Asceles rulanda modestior (Redtenbacher, 1908), Asceles rulanda rulanda (Redtenbacher, 1908) and Asceles rulanda undulatipes (Redtenbacher, 1908).^[122] Asceles rulanda undulatipes has also been written as Aaceles undulatipes with the presumed synonym Asceles undulatipes^{[123][124][125]}
• Asceles rusticus (Redtenbacher 1908)^[126][127]
• Asceles scabra (Stål 1877);^[128][129] also known as Asceles scaber (Redtenbacher, 1908),^[130] Necroscia scabra (Stål, 877),^[131] Sipyloidea scabra (Stål, 1877)^[132] and Sosibia scabra (Stål, 1877)^[133]
• Asceles tanarata, of which are three subspecies: Asceles tanarata amplior (Brock, 1999), Asceles tanarata singapura (Seow-Choen & Brock, 1999) and Asceles tanarata tanarata (Brock, 1999)^[134]
• Asceles validus (Redtenbacher 1908) ^[135][136]
• Asceles villosus (Redtenbacher 1908)^[137][137]

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