A new species of the genus Acrophylla Gray, 1835 from Larat Island, Indonesia (Phasmatodea: Anareolatae: Phasmatidae: Phasmatinae: Phasmatini)
The new species Acrophylla bhaskaraisp. n. from Larat Island, Indonesia, is described from both sexes and the egg. It is the second species of the genus Acrophylla Gray, 1835 known from outside Australia and the first record of the genus from Wallacea. The discovery raises the number of genera of th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2018-06-01
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| Series: | Polish Journal of Entomology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/pjen-2018-0008 |
| Summary: | The new species Acrophylla bhaskaraisp. n. from Larat Island, Indonesia, is described from both sexes and the egg. It is the second species of the genus Acrophylla Gray, 1835 known from outside Australia and the first record of the genus from Wallacea. The discovery raises the number of genera of the tribe Phasmatini known to occur within the boundaries of Wallacea to five. |
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| ISSN: | 2299-9884 |