Cryptophyllium[1] is a genus of leaf insects in the tribe Phylliini, described in 2021.[2] Its distribution is probably incomplete, but includes southern China, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malesia and western Pacific islands.[2]
| Cryptophyllium | |
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| Cryptophyllium celebicum nymphs | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Phylliidae |
| Tribe: | Phylliini |
| Genus: | Cryptophyllium Cumming, Bank, Bresseel, Constant, Le Tirant, Dong, Sonet & Bradler, 2021 |
| Type species | |
| Cryptophyllium celebicum (de Haan, 1842)
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Description
editSeveral species were previously placed in the genus Phyllium (subgenus Phyllium), which is very similar. Females of Cryptophyllium typically have antennae with short and disk-like fourth segments which are at least three times wider than they are long, and shorter than any of the following three segments. In Phyllium, the fourth antennal segment is as tall as it is wide and is of a similar height to each of the following three segments' length. Cryptophillium females are 77–107 mm long and males are about 55–89 mm.[1]
Species
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As of July 2021, the Phasmida Species File[2] lists:
- Cryptophyllium animatum Cumming, Bank, Bresseel, Constant, Le Tirant, Dong, Sonet & Bradler, 2021
- Cryptophyllium athanysus (Westwood, 1859)
- Cryptophyllium bankoi Cumming, Bank, Bresseel, Constant, Le Tirant, Dong, Sonet & Bradler, 2021
- Cryptophyllium bollensi Cumming, Bank, Bresseel, Constant, Le Tirant, Dong, Sonet & Bradler, 2021
- Cryptophyllium celebicum (de Haan, 1842) – type species (as Phyllium celebicum Haan W de)
- Cryptophyllium chrisangi (Seow-Choen, 2017)
- Cryptophyllium daparo Cumming, Bank, Bresseel, Constant, Le Tirant, Dong, Sonet & Bradler, 2021
- Cryptophyllium drunganum (Yang, 1995)
- Cryptophyllium echidna Cumming, Bank, Bresseel, Constant, Le Tirant, Dong, Sonet & Bradler, 2021
- Cryptophyllium faulkneri Cumming, Bank, Bresseel, Constant, Le Tirant, Dong, Sonet & Bradler, 2021
- Cryptophyllium icarus Cumming, Bank, Bresseel, Constant, Le Tirant, Dong, Sonet & Bradler, 2021
- Cryptophyllium khmer Cumming, Bank, Bresseel, Constant, Le Tirant, Dong, Sonet & Bradler, 2021
- Cryptophyllium limogesi Cumming, Bank, Bresseel, Constant, Le Tirant, Dong, Sonet & Bradler, 2021
- Cryptophyllium liyananae Cumming, Bank, Bresseel, Constant, Le Tirant, Dong, Sonet & Bradler, 2021
- Cryptophyllium nuichuaense Cumming, Bank, Bresseel, Constant, Le Tirant, Dong, Sonet & Bradler, 2021
- Cryptophyllium oyae (Cumming & Le Tirant, 2020)
- Cryptophyllium parum (Liu, 1993)
- Cryptophyllium phami Cumming, Bank, Bresseel, Constant, Le Tirant, Dong, Sonet & Bradler, 2021
- Cryptophyllium rarum (Liu, 1993)
- Cryptophyllium tibetense (Liu, 1993)
- Cryptophyllium wennae Cumming, Bank, Bresseel, Constant, Le Tirant, Dong, Sonet & Bradler, 2021
- Cryptophyllium westwoodii (Wood-Mason, 1875)
- Cryptophyllium yapicum (Cumming & Teemsma, 2018)
- Cryptophyllium yunnanense (Liu, 1993)
References
edit- ^ a b Cumming RT, Bank S, Bresseel J, Constant J, Le Tirant S, Dong Z, Soner G, Bradler S. (2021) ZooKeys 1018: 14. link on www.researchgate.net
- ^ a b c Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 26 July 2021)
External links
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Media related to Cryptophyllium at Wikimedia Commons
