Phyllium philippinicum is a species of leaf insect in the family Phylliidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.[1]
Phyllium philippinicum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Phylliidae |
Genus: | Phyllium |
Species: | P. philippinicum
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Binomial name | |
Phyllium philippinicum Hennemann, Conle, Gottardo & Bresseel, 2009
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Taxonomy
editPhyllium philippinicum was described on the basis of a female holotype from Ilanin Forest in the Bataan Province. The holotype is currently stored in the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology.[1]
Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "species Phyllium philippinicum Hennemann, Conle, Gottardo & Bresseel, 2009: Phasmida Species File". phasmida.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ a b Hennemann, Frank H.; Conle, Oskar V.; Gottardo, Marco; Bresseel, Joachim (2009-12-22). "On certain species of the genus Phyllium Illiger, 1798, with proposals for an intra-generic systematization and the descriptions of five new species from the Philippines and Palawan (Phasmatodea: Phylliidae: Phylliinae: Phylliini)". Zootaxa. 2322 (1): 1–83. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2322.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.