Sipyloidea sipylus (Westwood, 1859)

Ho, George Wai-Chun, 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea III: Catalogue of the phasmids of Hainan Island, China, with descriptions of one new genus, one new species and two new subspecies and proposals of three new combinations, Zootaxa 4150 (3), pp. 314-340 : 327

Sipyloidea sipylus (Westwood, 1859)

Necroscia sipylus, Westwood, 1859: 138 , pl. 18: 4.

Types. Lectotype: ♀, Java, Horsfield , BMNH (E) #844848 ( NHMUK) ; Paralectotypes: 1Ƌ & 6♀, Silhet ( NHMUK) ; 1♀, Assam Jenkins, Hope Dept. Oxford, no. 660 ( OXUM) .

= Necroscia samsoo Westwood, 1859: 132 [Synonymised by Redtenbacher, 1908: 544]

Distribution. Hainan (Baoting, Jianfengling, Qiongzhong and Tongshi), Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang and Hong Kong, China. Also Japan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, Java (Type locality), Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues Island.