''Phyllium''Illiger (1798) ''Verzeichnis der Käfer Preussens'' 499. is the largest and most widespread genus of leaf insects in the family

Phylliidae The family Phylliidae (often misspelled Phyllidae) contains the extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkably camouflaged leaf mimics (mimesis) in the entire animal kingdom. They occur from South Asia thro ...

(

Phasmatodea 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 ...

). They can be found in

Sundaland Sundaland (also called Sundaica or the Sundaic region) is a biogeographical region of South-eastern Asia corresponding to a larger landmass that was exposed throughout the last 2.6 million years during periods when sea levels were lower. It ...

Philippine Islands The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

Wallacea Wallacea is a biogeographical designation for a group of mainly Indonesian islands separated by deep-water straits from the Asian and Australian continental shelves. Wallacea includes Sulawesi, the largest island in the group, as well as Lo ...

, and

Australasia Australasia is a region that comprises Australia, New Zealand and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically, physiogeographically, philologically, and ecologica ...

Species

Within the genus ''Phyllium'', apart from ''Phyllium'' itself, the subgenus ''

Pulchriphyllium ''Pulchriphyllium'' is a genus of leaf insects. It was first established by Griffini in 1898 as a subgenus within the genus ''Phyllium'' and is a valid genus since 2021. The distinctive feature of ''Pulchriphyllium'' is the presence of Lobe (anat ...

'' established by Griffini in 1898 has been differentiated. With '' Comptaphyllium'' and '' Walaphyllium'' two further subgenera were described in 2019 and 2020. Since 2021, all three subgenera have been regarded as separate genera. The ''Phasmida Species File'' list the following species: Phyllium ericoriai - female

* ''Phyllium antonkozlovi'' * ''

Phyllium arthurchungi ''Phyllium''Illiger (1798) ''Verzeichnis der Käfer Preussens'' 499. 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 ...

'' * '' Phyllium bilobatum'' * '' Phyllium bonifacioi'' * ''

Phyllium bourquei ''Phyllium''Illiger (1798) ''Verzeichnis der Käfer Preussens'' 499. 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 ...

'' * ''

Phyllium bradleri ''Phyllium''Illiger (1798) ''Verzeichnis der Käfer Preussens'' 499. 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 ...

'' * ''

Phyllium brossardi ''Phyllium''Illiger (1798) ''Verzeichnis der Käfer Preussens'' 499. 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 ...

'' * ''

Phyllium chenqiae ''Phyllium''Illiger (1798) ''Verzeichnis der Käfer Preussens'' 499. 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 ...

'' * ''

Phyllium conlei ''Phyllium''Illiger (1798) ''Verzeichnis der Käfer Preussens'' 499. 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 ...

'' * ''

Phyllium cummingi ''Phyllium''Illiger (1798) ''Verzeichnis der Käfer Preussens'' 499. 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 ...

'' * '' Phyllium elegans'' * '' Phyllium ericoriai'' * ''

Phyllium fallorum ''Phyllium''Illiger (1798) ''Verzeichnis der Käfer Preussens'' 499. 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 ...

'' * '' Phyllium gantungense'' * '' Phyllium gardabagusi'' * '' Phyllium hausleithneri'' * ''

Phyllium jacobsoni ''Phyllium jacobsoni'' is a hybrid species of yellow/green leaf insect belonging to the family Phylliidae. Its recorded distribution is Java and no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life is an online database tha ...

'' * '' Phyllium letiranti'' * '' Phyllium longicorne'' * '' Phyllium mabantai'' * '' Phyllium mamasaense'' 8 * '' Phyllium mindorense'' * '' Phyllium nisus'' * '' Phyllium palawanense'' * '' Phyllium philippinicum'' * '' Phyllium rubrum'' * '' Phyllium saltonae'' * '' Phyllium siccifolium'' -

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

(as ''Gryllus siccifolius'' L., locality

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

) * '' Phyllium telnovi'' * '' Phyllium tobeloense'' * '' Phyllium woodi''

Gallery

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References

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, Büscher, T. B. & Baker, E. W.:
Phasmida Species File Online
'. Version 5.0./5.0. (accessdate 8 August 2021) 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. 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 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)
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External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q2625244 Phasmatodea genera Taxa named by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger Phasmatodea of Asia Phylliidae