Paraphasma fasciatum (Gray, 1835) [nomen dubium]

Phasma fasciatum Gray, 1835: 24; Burmeister, 1838: 585; De Haan, 1842: 123; Westwood, 1859: 120. Unspecified type (s):

Brazil. [probably lost] Olcyphides fasciatus, Kirby, 1904a: 410; Rehn, 1906: 278; Rehn, 1907: 165. Paraphasma fasciatum, Redtenbacher, 1906: 116; Giglio-Tos, 1910: 10; Passerin d’Entrèves, 1981: 55; Zompro, 2004: 159;

Otte & Brock, 2005: 251; Conle et al., 2020: 126; Chiquetto-Machado & Cancello, 2021: 26–28 [nomen dubium].

Remarks. The type material of Paraphasma fasciatum is likely to be lost (Brock et al. 2022). Only a brief and superficial description was presented by Gray (1835) and the collecting locality mentioned for the species is vague (“Brasiliâ” = Brazil). For these reasons, the identity of P. fasciatum can only be clarified if the type is found and it is considered a nomen dubium [for more details, see Chiquetto-Machado & Cancello (2021)].