Asceles is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini.Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin :Nicolai,1835-Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass. :The Museum,Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington :Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.]Travaux de l'Academie (Imperiale, Nationale) de Reims. Some of the species of Asceles have a distribution in Malaysia and Singapore.The leaf-piercing eggs of Asceles.An illustrated guide to the stick and leaf insects of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.
Species Many of the species have numerous synonyms which will be listed alongside their accepted name: see talk page for current list. Asceles adspirans (Redtenbacher 1908)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013955Günther 1938 Neue und wenig bekannte Phasmoiden aus dem Indian Museum, Calcutta Records of the Indian Museum 40:123-141Otte & 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 Asceles annandalei (Günther 1938)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013920Thanasinchayakul In Sorpongpaisal & Thanasinchayakul 2006 Identification of some Stick and Leaf Insects, (Order Phasmida) in Thailand. Kamphaengsean Academic Journal (Kamphaengsean Acad. J.) 4(3) Asceles bispinus (Redtenbacher 1908)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013954Brock 1995 Catalogue of Stick and Leaf-Insects (Insecta: Phasmida) associated with Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore Malaysian Naturalist 49(2):83-102Brock 1998 –Catalogue of type-specimens of Stick- and Leaf-Insects in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Insecta: Phasmida). Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Naturhistorischen Museum Wien 13(5):1-72Brock 1999 – Stick and Leaf Insects of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur 1-223Redtenbacher 1908 – Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini)., Verlag Engelmann, Leipzig 3:339-589, pls 16-27Seow-Choen 1998 List of stick-insects (Phasmida) in the collection of the Centre for Insect Systematics Universiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaSerangga 3(1):87-92 Seow-Choen 2000 -Illustrated Guide Stick and Leaf Insects Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore Asceles brevicollis (Redtenbacher 1908)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013953Brock 1998 – Catalogue of type-specimens of Stick- and Leaf-Insects in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Insecta: Phasmida). Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Naturhistorischen Museum Wien 13(5):1-72 Asceles brevipennis (Redtenbacher 1908);http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013922Chen, S.C. & Y.H. He 1999 Three new species of Phasmatodea from Guangxi, China (Phasmida: Phasmatidae and Heteronemiidae) Journal of Guangxi Academy of Sciences 15(2):84-86Chen, S.C. & Y.H. He 2008 – Phasmatodea of China, China Forestry Publishing House 1-476, 12 pl. also attributed to Hennemann, Conle & W. Zhang, 2008Hennemann, Conle & W. Zhang 2008 Catalogue of the Stick and Leaf-insects (Phasmatodea) of China, with a faunistic analysis, review of recent ecological and biological studies and bibliography (Insecta: Orthoptera: Phasmatodea Zootaxa 1735:1-76 Asceles caesius (Chen, S.C. & Y.H. He 1999)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013952Redtenbacher 1908 - Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini)., Verlag Engelmann, Leipzig 3:339-589, pls 16-27 Asceles certus (Redtenbacher 1908)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013951Bragg 2001 – Phasmids of Borneo, Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 1-771Otte & 2005 – Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world, The Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1-414Redtenbacher 1908 – Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini)., Verlag Engelmann, Leipzig 3:339-589, pls 16-27 Asceles civilis (Redtenbacher 1908)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013921Chen, S.C. & J.J. Wang 1998 A new species and a new record species of the genus Asceles (Phasmatodea: Heteronemiidae) Journal of Guangxi Academy of Sciences 14(2):15-16Chen, S.C. & Y.H. He 2008 – Phasmatodea of China, China Forestry Publishing House 1-476, 12 pl.Hennemann, Conle & W. Zhang 2008 Catalogue of the Stick and Leaf-insects (Phasmatodea) of China, with a faunistic analysis, review of recent ecological and biological studies and bibliography (Insecta: Orthoptera: Phasmatodea Zootaxa 1735:1-76 Asceles clavatus (Chen, S.C. & J. Wang 1998)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013950Bragg 2001 – Phasmids of Borneo, Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 1-771Brock 2007 The Types of Phasmida in the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg (ZMAS) Zootaxa 1398:45-56Otte & 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 1-414Redtenbacher 1908 – Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini)., Verlag Engelmann, Leipzig 3:339-589, pls 16-27 Asceles cornucervi (Redtenbacher 1908)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013949Brock 1998 – Catalogue of type-specimens of Stick- and Leaf-Insects in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Insecta: Phasmida). Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Naturhistorischen Museum Wien 13(5):1-72 Asceles diadema (Redtenbacher 1908)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013919 Asceles dilatatus (Chen, S.C. & Y.H. He 2004) Asceles dorsalis (Redtenbacher 1908)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013948Bragg 2001 – Phasmids of Borneo, Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 1-771 Asceles elongatus (Redtenbacher 1908)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013947 Asceles gadarama (Westwood 1859);http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013946Giglio-Tos 1910 Fasmidi esotici del R. Museo zoologico di Torino e del Museo civico di Storia naturale di Genova Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino 25(625):1-57Kirby 1904 – A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae), The Trustees of the British Museum, London 1:1-501Werner 1934 Mantides et Phasmides recueillis dans les Indes Orientales Bulletin du Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique (Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Belg.) 10(22):1-5Werner 1934 Phasmiden aus Deli Miscellanea Zoologica Sumatrana (Misc. Zool. Sumatrana) 81:1-3Westwood 1859 – Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae., British Museum, London 1-196 also known as Necroscia gadarama (Westwood, 1859) and Sosibia gadarama (Westwood, 1859) Asceles glaber (Günther 1938)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013945Herwaarden 1998 A guide to the genera of stick- and leaf-Insects (Insecta: Phasmida) of New Guinea and the surrounding islands Science in New Guinea 24(2):55-114Zompro 2003 Catalogue of type-material of the insect order Phasmatodea deposited in the Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden, Germany Phasmid Studies 11(2):31-44 Asceles gracillimus (Werner 1934);http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013944 also known as Aaceles gracillimusPhasmiden aus Deli. Miscellanea Zoologica Sumatrana, 81 1934: 3 pp.. [Zoological Record Volume 71]Phasmiden aus Deli. Asceles heros (Redtenbacher 1908)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013943Redtenbacher 1908 – Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini)., Verlag Engelmann, Leipzig 3:339-589, pls 16-7 Asceles icaris (Stål 1877);http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013942Bruner 1915 Preliminary catalogue of the orthopteroid insects of the Philippine Islands University studies of the University of Lincoln, Nebraska 15(2):195-281Sjöstedt 1933 Orthopterentypen im Naturhistorischen Reichsmuseum zu Stockholm. 7. Phasmidae Arkiv för Zoologi 25A(16):1-10Stål 1877 Orthoptera nova ex Insulis Philippinis descripsit Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 34 (10):33-58 also known as Necroscia icaris (Stål, 1877) Asceles larunda (Westwood 1859);http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013941http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6013941 also known as Asceles inquinatus (Redtenbacher, 1908)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6016949 and Necroscia larunda (Westwood, 1859)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6016948 Asceles lineatus (Redtenbacher 1908)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013940http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6013940 Asceles longicauda (Bi 1990); also known as Sinophasma longicauda Asceles longipes (Redtenbacher 1908)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013939http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6013939 Asceles longzhouensis (Chen, S.C. & Y.H. He 2000) Asceles malaccae (Saussure 1868);http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013938http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6013938 also known as Necroscia malaccae (Saussure, 1868)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6016947 Asceles mancinus (Westwood 1859);http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013937http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6013937 also known as Necroscia mancinus (Westwood, 1859)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6016945 and Sosibia mancinus (Westwood, 1859)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6016946 Asceles margaritatus (Redtenbacher 1908)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013936http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6013936 Asceles mecheli (Redtenbacher 1908)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013935http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6013935 Asceles nigrogranosus (Stål 1877);http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013934http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6013934 also known as Asceles nigrogranosa (Stål, 1877)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6016944 and Necroscia nigrogranosa (Stål, 1877)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6016943 Asceles obsoletus (Redtenbacher 1908);http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013933http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6013933 also attributed to Otte & Brock, 2005http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6016942 Asceles opacus (Redtenbacher 1908)http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=6013932http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_reference_details.php?record_id=6013932