Phyllium

Not to be confused with phylum.

Phyllium
Phyllium sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Superfamily:	Phyllioidea
Family:	Phylliidae
Tribe:	Phylliini
Genus:	Phyllium Illiger, 1798

Phyllium ^{[1] [2]} is the largest and most widespread genus of leaf insects in the family Phylliidae (Phasmatodea). They can be found in Sundaland, Philippine Islands, Wallacea, and Australasia. ^[3]

Species

Within the genus Phyllium, apart from Phyllium itself, the subgenus Pulchriphyllium established by Griffini in 1898 has been differentiated. ^{[4] [5]} Two further subgenera, Comptaphyllium and Walaphyllium , were described in 2019 and 2020. Since 2021, all three subgenera have been regarded as separate genera. ^[6] The genus Phyllium includes the following species: ^{[3] [7] [8]}

Phyllium ericoriai female

Phyllium jacobsoni , pair

Phyllium mabantai , female

• Phyllium antonkozlovi Cumming, 2017
• Phyllium arthurchungi Seow-Choen, 2016
• Phyllium bankae ,Cumming, Foley & Le Tirant, 2025
• Phyllium bilobatum Gray, G.R., 1843
• Phyllium bonifacioi Lit & Eusebio, 2014
• Phyllium bourquei Cumming & Le Tirant, 2017
• Phyllium bradleri Seow-Choen, 2017
• Phyllium brossardi Cumming, Le Tirant & Teemsma, 2017
• Phyllium chenqiae Seow-Choen, 2017
• Phyllium conlei Cumming, Valero & Teemsma, 2018
• Phyllium cummingi Seow-Choen, 2017
• Phyllium elegans Grösser, 1991
• Phyllium ericoriai Hennemann, Conle, Gottardo & Bresseel, 2009
• Phyllium fallorum Cumming, 2017
• Phyllium gantungense Hennemann, Conle, Gottardo & Bresseel, 2009
• Phyllium gardabagusi Cumming, Bank, Le Tirant & Bradler, 2020
• Phyllium hausleithneri Brock, 1999
• Phyllium iyadaon Cumming, Le Tirant, Linde, Solan, Foley, Eulin, Lavado, Whiting, Bradler & Bank, 2023
• Phyllium jacobsoni Rehn, J.A.G. & Rehn, J.W.H., 1934
• Phyllium letiranti Cumming & Teemsma 2018
• Phyllium longicorne Latreille, 1802
• Phyllium mabantai Bresseel, Hennemann, Conle & Gottardo, 2009
• Phyllium mamasaense Grösser, 2008
• Phyllium mindorense Hennemann, Conle, Gottardo & Bresseel, 2009
• Phyllium nisus Cumming, Bank, Le Tirant & Bradler, 2020
• Phyllium ortizi Cumming, Le Tirant, Linde, Solan, Foley, Eulin, Lavado, Whiting, Bradler & Bank, 2023
• Phyllium palawanense Grösser, 2001
• Phyllium philippinicum Hennemann, Conle, Gottardo & Bresseel, 2009
• Phyllium rubrum Cumming, Le Tirant & Teemsma, 2018
• Phyllium saltonae Cumming, Baker, Le Tirant & Marshall, 2020
• Phyllium samarense Cumming, Le Tirant, Linde, Solan, Foley, Eulin, Lavado, Whiting, Bradler & Bank, 2023
• Phyllium siccifolium (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Gryllus siccifolius L., locality India)
• Phyllium telnovi Brock, 2014
• Phyllium tobeloense Grösser, 2007
• Phyllium woodi Rehn, J.A.G. & Rehn, J.W.H., 1934

Gallery

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  Phyllium bilobatum female
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  Phyllium bonifacioi , female
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  Phyllium elegans , female
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  Phyllium hausleithneri , female
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  Phyllium letiranti , pair

References

1. Illiger (1798) Verzeichnis der Käfer Preussens 499.
2. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
3. Paul D. Brock, Büscher, T. B. & Baker, E. W.: Phasmida Species File Online . Version 5.0./5.0. (accessdate 4 August 2023)
4. Cumming, R. T., Sarah Bank, S.; Bresseel, J.; Constant, J.; Le Tirant, S.; Dong, Z.; Sonet, G. & Sven Bradler (2021) Cryptophyllium, the hidden leaf insects – descriptions of a new leaf insect genus and thirteen species from the former celebicum species group (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae) ZooKeys 1018: 1–179
5. Cumming, R. T.; Teemsma, S. N. & Riquelme, P. V. (2018) Description of Phyllium (Phyllium) conlei, new species, and a first look at the Phylliidae (Phasmatodea) of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia . Insecta mundi. Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc., Gainesville, FL USA.
6. Bank, S.; Cumming, R. T.; Li, Y.; Henze, K.; Le Tirant, S. & Bradler, S. (2021) A tree of leaves: Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the leaf insects (Phasmatodea: Phylliidae)
7. Cumming, R. T., Le Tirant, Linde, J. B., Solan, M. E., Foley, E. M., Eulin, N. E. C., Lavado, R., Whiting, M. F., Bradler, S. & Bank, S. (2023) On seven undescribed leaf insect species revealed within the recent “Tree of Leaves” (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae)
8. Brock, P.D.; Büscher, T.H.; Baker, E. (eds.). "Genus Phyllium Illiger, 1798". Phasmida Species File. Retrieved 6 July 2025.

External links

• Media related to Phyllium at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Phyllium at Wikispecies