Pulchriphyllium
| Pulchriphyllium | |
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| Pulchriphyllium bioculatum, female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Superfamily: | Phyllioidea |
| Family: | Phylliidae |
| Tribe: | Phylliini |
| Genus: | Pulchriphyllium Griffini, 1898 |
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[1]. The representatives of the genus are native to both Sundaland and continental Asia.[2][3][4]
The Pulchriphyllium can be differentiated from other Phylliidae genera by the following combinations of morphological characters[1].
Female: Tegmina cubitus venation simple (unsplit) or bifurcate (into an anterior cubitus (CuA) and posterior cubitus (CuP1) only); tegmina with media and cubitus veins running side by side and touching throughout the majority of their length; tibiae with well-developed exterior lobes; prescutum which is the same width as length, or notably longer than wide; terminal antennomere as long as the preceding one or two segments combined.
Male: Alae radial sector, media anterior, and media posterior veins fusing to the cubitus at different locations along the vein and running together to the wing margin; vomer with a single apical hook; protibiae always with a fully developed interior lobe; meso- and metatibiae exteriors with fully developed lobes.
Egg: Lacks pinnae; surface brittle/stiffly spongey; Lateral margins fanned out into distinct fins with an operculum which is typically longer than wide (but not always), or if the capsule fins are reduced (not prominently protruding), the egg in cross-section is distinctly triangular (not pentagonal or rectangular), with the dorsal surface notable broader than the other surfaces.
Freshly hatched nymph: Exterior profemoral lobe prominent; meso- and metatibiae with notable exterior lobes; abdomen broad (abdominal length less than two times the width); overall colouration red, brown, orange.
Species
[edit]- Pulchriphyllium abdulfatahi (Seow-Choen, 2017)
- Pulchriphyllium agathyrsus (Gray, G.R., 1843)
- Pulchriphyllium agnesagamaae (Seow-Choen, 2017)
- Pulchriphyllium anangu Cumming, Le Tirant, Linde, Solan, Foley, Eulin, Lavado, Whiting, Bradler & Bank, 2023
- Pulchriphyllium bhaskarai Cumming, Le Tirant, Linde, Solan, Foley, Eulin, Lavado, Whiting, Bradler & Bank, 2023
- Pulchriphyllium bioculatum (Gray, G.R., 1832)
- Pulchriphyllium crurifolium (Audinet-Serville, 1838)
- Pulchriphyllium delislei Cumming, Le Tirant, Linde, Solan, Foley, Eulin, Lavado, Whiting, Bradler & Bank, 2023
- Pulchriphyllium detlefgroesseri (Seow-Choen, 2017)
- Pulchriphyllium fredkugani (Seow-Choen, 2017)
- Pulchriphyllium giganteum (Hausleithner, 1984)
- Pulchriphyllium heracles Cumming, Le Tirant, Linde, Solan, Foley, Eulin, Lavado, Whiting, Bradler & Bank, 2023
- Pulchriphyllium lambirensis (Seow-Choen, 2017)
- Pulchriphyllium maethoraniae (Delfosse, 2015)
- Pulchriphyllium mannani (Seow-Choen, 2017)
- Pulchriphyllium pulchrifolium (Serville, 1838) - type species (as Phyllium pulchrifolium Serville)
- Pulchriphyllium rimiae (Seow-Choen, 2017)
- Pulchriphyllium scythe (Gray, R.G., 1843)
- Pulchriphyllium shurei (Cumming & Le Tirant, 2018)
- Pulchriphyllium sinense (Liu, 1990)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bank, Sarah; Cumming, Royce T.; Li, Yunchang; Henze, Katharina; Le Tirant, Stéphane; Bradler, Sven (2021-08-02). "A tree of leaves: Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the leaf insects (Phasmatodea: Phylliidae)". Communications Biology. 4 (1). doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02436-z. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 8329230.
- ^ Paul D. Brock, Büscher, T. H. & Baker, E. W.: Phasmida Species File Online. Version 5.0./5.0. (accessdate 4 August 2023)
- ^ 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)
- ^ 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)