Walaphyllium subgen. nov., the dancing leaf insects from Australia and Papua New Guinea with description of a new species (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae)

A new subgenus, Walaphyllium subgen. nov., is described within Phyllium Illiger, 1798 to accommodate three leaf insect species. One of the species included is newly described herein as Phyllium (Walaphyllium) lelantos sp. nov. from Papua New Guinea. This new subgenus of Phyllium can...

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Main Authors: Royce T. Cumming, Jessa H. Thurman, Sam Youngdale, Stephane Le Tirant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-06-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/52071/download/pdf/