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Phyllium (Phyllium) Illiger 1798

  • 1. ANKA / Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D- 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany. E-mail: thomas. vandekamp @ kit. edu & State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Erbprinzenstr. 13, D- 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 2. Reiboldstrasse 11, D- 67251 Freinsheim, Germany. E-mail: hennemann @ phasmatodea. com. Website: www. phasmatodea. com

Description

Phyllium (Phyllium) Illiger, 1798

Type species: Gryllus (Mantis) siccifolius Linnaeus, 1758: 425, by monotypy.

Differing from the subgenus Ph. (Pulchriphyllium) by the lack of exterior lobes on the tibiae of both sexes, ± round cross-section of antennomeres IV–VIII of ♀ as well as the longer tegmina, which at least reach to abdominal segment III, and ventrally unarmed antennomeres of ♂. Eggs differ by the raised hairy, umbrella- or feather-like appendages, lack of longitudinal lamellae of the capsule and flat operculum.

For full details, as well as diagnoses of the genus and subgenus and keys see Hennemann et al. (2009).

Notes

Published as part of Kamp, Thomas Van De & Hennemann, Frank H., 2014, A tiny new species of leaf insect (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae) from New Guinea, pp. 397-408 in Zootaxa 3869 (4) on page 398, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4947331

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Phylliidae
Genus
Phyllium
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Phasmida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Illiger
Taxon rank
subGenus
Taxonomic concept label
Phyllium (Phyllium) Illiger, 1798 sec. Kamp & Hennemann, 2014

References

  • Hennemann, F. H., Conle, O. V., Gottardo, M. & Bresseel, J. (2009) On certain species of the genus Phyllium Illiger, 1798, with proposals for an intra-generic systematization and the descriptions of five new species from the Philippines and Palawan (Phasmatodea: Phylliidae: Phylliinae: Phylliini). Zootaxa, 2322, 1 - 83.