Ramulus westwoodii explained

Ramulus westwoodii is a species of stick insect first described by James Wood-Mason in 1873 and named in honour of John O. Westwood.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Otte & Brock (2005), Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the World, The Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1-414
2. Kirby (1904), A synonymic catalog of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria and Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae), The Trustees of the British Museum, London 1: 1-501
3. Brunner von Wattenwyl (1907) (Brunner and Redtenbacher 1906-08, published in three parts: Redtenbacher 1906, 1908; Brunner 1907), Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. II. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini)., Verlag Engelmann, Leipzig Phasmiden: 181-338, pls 7-15
4. Wood-Mason (1877) Notes on Phasmidae, Journal of the Asian Society Bengal (J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal) 46: 342-352, pl. 2-3
5. Wood-Mason (1873) On new or little-known species of Phasmidae. Part I. -Genus Bacillus, Journal of the Asian Society Bengal (J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal) 42 (2): 45-56, pl. 5-7
6. Wood-Mason (1875) On new or little-known species of Phasmidae, with a brief preliminary notice of the occurrence of a clasping apparatus in the males throughout the family, Journal of the Asian Society Bengal (J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal) 44 (3): 215-220, pl. 16-17
7. Web site: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalog of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist. . Bisby F.A. . Roskov Y.R. . Orrell T.M. . Nicolson D. . Paglinawan L.E. . Bailly N. . Kirk P.M. . Bourgoin T. . Baillargeon G. . Ouvrard D . 2011 . Species 2000: Reading, UK..
8. PhasmidaSF: Phasmida Species File . Brock P., 2010-04-14