''Ramulus westwoodii'' is a species of

stick insect The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida, Phasmatoptera or Spectra) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick-bugs, walking sticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred to as ...

first described by James Wood-Mason in 1873 and named in honour of

John O. Westwood John Obadiah Westwood (22 December 1805 – 2 January 1893) was an English entomologist and archaeologist also noted for his artistic talents. He published several illustrated works on insects and antiquities. He was among the first entomologist ...

.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 1-414Kirby (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: 1-501Brunner 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 7-15Wood-Mason (1877
Notes on Phasmidae
Journal of the Asian Society Bengal (J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal) 46: 342-352, pl. 2-3Wood-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. 5-7Wood-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'' PhasmidaSF: Phasmida Species File ''. Brock P., 2010-04-14

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10649533 Phasmatodea Insects of Asia Insects described in 1873