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''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). They can be found in Sundaland,
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Species

Within the genus ''Phyllium'', apart from ''Phyllium'' itself, the subgenus '' Pulchriphyllium'' 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 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 ...
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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 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 specime ...
(as ''Gryllus siccifolius'' L., locality
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) * '' Phyllium telnovi'' * '' Phyllium tobeloense'' * '' Phyllium woodi''


Gallery

Phyllium bilobatum - female.JPG, '' Phyllium bilobatum'' female Phyllium bonifacioi live specimen.jpg, '' Phyllium bonifacioi'', female Phyllium elegans - females.jpg, '' Phyllium elegans'', female Phyllium hausleithneri - female.jpg, '' Phyllium hausleithneri'', female Phyllium letiranti - yellow.jpg, '' Phyllium letiranti'', pair


References

Paul D. Brock, 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