Phyllium
Phyllium[1] is the largest and most widespread genus of leaf insects in the family Phylliidae (Phasmatodea: Verophasmatodea). They can be found in the Indian subcontinent through to Southeast Asia and Australasia.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Phylliidae |
Genus: | Phyllium Illiger, 1798 |
Species
The Catalogue of Life[1] and Phasmida Species File[2] list the following under two sub-genera:
Sub-genus Phyllium (Phyllium)
Distribution: Asia, India through to Australia; auth. Illiger, 1798
- Phyllium antonkozlovi Cumming, 2017
- Phyllium arthurchungi Seow-Choen, 2016
- Phyllium athanysus Westwood, 1859
- Phyllium bilobatum Gray, 1843
- Phyllium bonifacioi Lit & Eusebio, 2014
- Phyllium bourquei Cumming & Le Tirant, 2017
- Phyllium bradleri Seow-Choen, 2017
- Phyllium brossardi Cumming, Le Tirant & Teemsma, 2017
- Phyllium caudatum Redtenbacher, 1906
- Phyllium celebicum Haan, 1842
- Phyllium chenqiae Seow-Choen, 2017
- Phyllium chrisangi Seow-Choen, 2017
- Phyllium cummingi Seow-Choen, 2017
- Phyllium drunganum Yang, 1995
- Phyllium elegans Groesser, 1991
- Phyllium ericoriai Hennemann, Conle, Gottardo & Bresseel, 2009
- Phyllium gantungense Hennemann, Conle, Gottardo & Bresseel, 2009
- Phyllium geryon Gray, 1843
- Phyllium hausleithneri Brock, 1999
- Phyllium jacobsoni Rehn & Rehn, 1934
- Phyllium mabantai Bresseel, Hennemann, Conle & Gottardo, 2009
- Phyllium mamasaense Groesser, 2008
- Phyllium mindorense Hennemann, Conle, Gottardo & Bresseel, 2009
- Phyllium monteithi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2003
- Phyllium palawanense Groesser, 2001
- Phyllium parum Liu, 1993
- Phyllium philippinicum Hennemann, Conle, Gottardo & Bresseel, 2009
- Phyllium rarum Liu, 1993
- Phyllium rayongii Thanasinchayakul, 2006
- Phyllium riedeli Kamp & Hennemann, 2014
- Phyllium rubrum Cumming, Le Tirant & Teemsma, 2018
- Phyllium siccifolium (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Phyllium telnovi Brock, 2014
- Phyllium tibetense Liu, 1993
- Phyllium tobeloense Groesser, 2007
- Phyllium westwoodii Wood-Mason, 1875
- Phyllium woodi Rehn & Rehn, 1934
- Phyllium yunnanense Liu, 1993
- Phyllium zomproi Groesser, 2001
Sub-genus Phyllium (Pulchriphyllium)
Distribution: Asia, especially Indo-China and Malesia; auth. Griffini, 1898
- Phyllium abdulfatahi Seow-Choen, 2017
- Phyllium agnesagamaae Seow-Choen, 2017
- Phyllium asekiense Groesser, 2002
- Phyllium bioculatum Gray, 1832
- Phyllium brevipenne Groesser, 1992
- Phyllium chitoniscoides Groesser, 1992
- Phyllium detlefgroesseri Seow-Choen, 2017
- Phyllium exsectum Zompro, 2001
- Phyllium fredkugani Seow-Choen, 2017
- Phyllium frondosum Redtenbacher, 1906
- Phyllium giganteum Hausleithner, 1984
- Phyllium groesseri Zompro, 1998
- Phyllium keyicum Karny, 1914
- Phyllium lambirense Seow-Choen, 2017
- Phyllium maethoraniae Delfosse, 2015
- Phyllium mannani Seow-Choen, 2017
- Phyllium rimiae Seow-Choen, 2017
- Phyllium schultzei (Giglio-Tos, 1912)
- Phyllium sinense Liu, 1990
- Phyllium shurei Cumming & Le Tirant, 2018
- Phyllium suzukii Groesser, 2008
Captivity
Several species have gained in popularity as pets including Phyllium jacobsoni, Phyllium westwoodii, Phyllium bioculatum, Phyllium tobeloense, Phyllium ericoriai, Phyllium celebicum, Phyllium siccifolium, Phyllium philippinicum , Phyllium monteithi and Phyllium giganteum.
Gallery
- P. asekiense female
- P. bilobatum female
- P. bioculatum male
- P. westwoodii
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References
- Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- "Phyllium". Phasmida Species File. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
External links
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