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Phyllium

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Phyllium
Phyllium sp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Superfamily: Phyllioidea
Family: Phylliidae
Tribe: Phylliini
Genus: Phyllium
Illiger, 1798

Phyllium[1][2] is the largest and most widespread genus of leaf insects in the family Phylliidae (Phasmatodea). They can be found in Sundaland, Philippine Islands, Wallacea, and Australasia.[3]

Species

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Within the genus Phyllium, apart from Phyllium itself, the subgenus Pulchriphyllium established by Griffini in 1898 has been differentiated.[4][5] Two further subgenera, Comptaphyllium and Walaphyllium, were described in 2019 and 2020. Since 2021, all three subgenera have been regarded as separate genera.[6] The genus includes the following species:[3][7]

Phyllium ericoriai female
Phyllium jacobsoni, pair
Phyllium mabantai, female
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References

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  1. ^ Illiger (1798) Verzeichnis der Käfer Preussens 499.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Paul D. Brock, Büscher, T. B. & Baker, E. W.: Phasmida Species File Online. Version 5.0./5.0. (accessdate 4 August 2023)
  4. ^ Cumming, R. T., Sarah Bank, S.; Bresseel, J.; Constant, J.; Le Tirant, S.; Dong, Z.; Sonet, G. & Sven Bradler (2021) Cryptophyllium, the hidden leaf insects – descriptions of a new leaf insect genus and thirteen species from the former celebicum species group (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae)ZooKeys 1018: 1–179
  5. ^ Cumming, R. T.; Teemsma, S. N. & Riquelme, P. V. (2018) Description of Phyllium (Phyllium) conlei, new species, and a first look at the Phylliidae (Phasmatodea) of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Insecta mundi. Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc., Gainesville, FL USA.
  6. ^ Bank, S.; Cumming, R. T.; Li, Y.; Henze, K.; Le Tirant, S. & Bradler, S. (2021) A tree of leaves: Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the leaf insects (Phasmatodea: Phylliidae)
  7. ^ Cumming, R. T., Le Tirant, Linde, J. B., Solan, M. E., Foley, E. M., Eulin, N. E. C., Lavado, R., Whiting, M. F., Bradler, S. & Bank, S. (2023) On seven undescribed leaf insect species revealed within the recent “Tree of Leaves” (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae)
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