Nanophyllium is a genus of leaf insects comprising 11 species, found in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Southern Indonesia, and the Indian Subcontinent.[1][2] Not much is known about this genus, primarily due to their remote habitats and elusive appearance.
| Nanophyllium | |
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| Nanophyllium asekienese | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Phylliidae |
| Tribe: | Nanophylliini |
| Genus: | Nanophyllium Redtenbacher, 1906 |
Species
edit- Nanophyllium adisi Zompro & Grösser, 2003
- Nanophyllium asekiense Grösser, 2002
- Nanophyllium australianum Cumming, Le Tirant & Teemsma, 2018
- Nanophyllium chitoniscoides
- (Grösser, 1992)
- Nanophyllium brevipenne
- (Grosser, 1992)
- Nanophyllium daphne Cumming, Le Tirant, Teemsma, Hennemann, Willemse & Büscher, 2020
- Nanophyllium frondosum (Redtenbacher, 1906)
- Nanophyllium hasenpuschi Brock & Grösser, 2008
- Nanophyllium keyicum (Karny, 1914)
- Nanophyllium pygmaeum Redtenbacher, 1906 - type species
- Nanophyllium rentzi Brock & Grösser, 2008
- Nanophyllium suzukii (Grösser, 2008)
References
edit- ^ Insectoid, .com (13 February 2017). "Checklist of the phasmida of Sri Lanka".
- ^ "species Acentetaphyllium brevipenne (Grösser, 1992): Phasmida Species File". phasmida.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2023-10-17.