Phyllium

Phyllium[1][2] 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.[3]

Phyllium
Phyllium sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Infraorder: Areolatae
Family: Phylliidae
Tribe: Phylliini
Genus: Phyllium
Illiger, 1798

Species

The Phasmida Species File[3] list the following in four sub-genera:

Subgenus Phyllium (Comptaphyllium)

Auth.: Cumming, Le Tirant & Hennemann, 2019; distribution: New Guinea

  • Phyllium caudatum Redtenbacher, 1906
  • Phyllium regina Cumming, Le Tirant & Hennemann, 2019
  • Phyllium riedeli Kamp & Hennemann, 2014

Subgenus Phyllium (Phyllium)
Phyllium ericoriai female
Phyllium jacobsoni

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 celebicum Haan, 1842
  • Phyllium chenqiae Seow-Choen, 2017
  • Phyllium chrisangi Seow-Choen, 2017
  • Phyllium conlei Cumming, Valero & Teemsma, 2018
  • 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 gardabagusi Cumming, Bank, Le Tirant & Bradler, 2020
  • Phyllium geryon Gray, 1843
  • Phyllium hausleithneri Brock, 1999
  • Phyllium jacobsoni Rehn & Rehn, 1934
  • Phyllium letiranti Cumming & Teemsma, 2018
  • Phyllium mabantai Bresseel, Hennemann, Conle & Gottardo, 2009
  • Phyllium mamasaense Groesser, 2008
  • Phyllium mindorense Hennemann, Conle, Gottardo & Bresseel, 2009
  • Phyllium nisus Cumming, Bank, Le Tirant & Bradler, 2020
  • Phyllium oyae Cumming & Le Tirant, 2020
  • Phyllium palawanense Groesser, 2001
  • Phyllium parum Liu, 1993
  • Phyllium philippinicum Hennemann, Conle, Gottardo & Bresseel, 2009
  • Phyllium rarum Liu, 1993
  • Phyllium rayongii Thanasinchayakul, 2006
  • Phyllium rubrum Cumming, Le Tirant & Teemsma, 2018
  • Phyllium saltonae Cumming, Baker, Le Tirant & Marshall, 2020
  • Phyllium siccifolium (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Gryllus siccifolius L., locality India)
  • 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

Subgenus Phyllium (Pulchriphyllium)
P. (Pulchriphyllium) giganteum

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

Subgenus Phyllium (Walaphyllium)

Auth.: Cumming, Thurman, Youngdale & Le Tirant, 2020; distribution: Australasia

  • Phyllium lelantos Cumming, Thurman, Youngdale & Le Tirant, 2020
  • Phyllium monteithi Brock & Hasenpusch, 2003
  • Phyllium zomproi Groesser, 2001

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.

  • P. asekiense female
  • P. bilobatum female
  • P. bioculatum male
  • P. westwoodii

References
  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. "Phyllium". Phasmida Species File. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  • Media related to Phyllium at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Phyllium at Wikispecies
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