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Graeffea crouanii

‘Ē

Coconut Stick Insect

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Article:	The Myna or Ruin in Early Rarotonga Gerald McCormack, September 2005	Read

General Information

COMMON NAMES: Coconut Stick Insect

TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Ē (RR), ‘E‘e (MG), Vēvē / Ēē (AT), ‘Ē‘ē (MK AK), Vīvī / ‘Ē‘ē (MT), Manu Nīkau (TS TW); COMMENT: Mitiaro - most say Vīvī for female and male; some say Vīvī for female and ‘Ē‘ē for male.

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: RANGE Orient - Mangareva (s.Tuamotu)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Polynesian, Naturalised; S.Group - common; N.Group - uncommon; Land, horticultural

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Serious agricultural pest

KEY FEATURES: Slender, female to 120x6mmBL, male to 70x3mmBL. FEMALE green; legs slender and long, to 80mm; wingcovers short, to 6mm, green; wings short to 10mm, front green, rear reddish. MALE brown; legs slender and long to 50mm; wingcovers short 5mm, brown with pale stripe; wings long, 20mm, front brown with pale stripe, rear reddish.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+++	P	P	P	P	P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
+

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Graeffea crouanii (Le Guillou, 1841)
SYNONYMS: Graeffia crouanii [misspelling]; Graeffea cocophaga; Graeffea coccophaga [misspelling]; Lopaphus coccophaga

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Phasmatodea; PHASMATIDAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Serious agricultural pest. Comments: NBSAP - Mauke (7 of 10 animals), NBSAP - Mitiaro (9 of 9 animals)

GENERAL NOTE: A native of the Orient which has dispersed as eggs by rafting and assisted by early people transporting Coconut Palm planting material. Actual native range unknown.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
Special Reference: PM79

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM04b, zD03b

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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