Pulchriphyllium anangu

Pulchriphyllium anangu
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Family:	Phylliidae
Genus:	Pulchriphyllium
Species:	P. anangu
Binomial name
	Pulchriphyllium anangu; Cumming, Le Tirant, Linde, Solan, Foley, Eulin, Lavado, Whiting, Bradler & Bank, 2023

Last updated March 25, 2025

Pulchriphyllium anangu is a species of leaf insect endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It was described in 2023 and separated from the older treatment which included a widely distributed Phyllium (Pulchriphyllium) bioculatum.^[1] The species name is derived from a Yakshi in Tamil mythology.^[1]

Description

The species is found in the moist forests of the Western Ghats in India, south of Phansad,^[2] and has been separated from P. bioculatum (now restricted to Malaysia) and P. agathyrsus of Sri Lanka. The nymphs are red. The egg morphology is undescribed. Several species that were earlier placed under P. bioculatum were split in 2023 and P. anangu was noted for a greater level of serration on the proximal margin of the prefemoral lobe. They have antennae with nine segments and some of them vary in colour with darker patches on the abdomen, tegmina and femora.^[1]

The specific name anangu is based on a forest spirit or Yakshi in Tamil mythology associated with mango trees as the species is almost mythical in being rarely seen and has often been found on mango trees.^[1]

Nymphs are red
A male

References

1 2 3 4 Cumming, Royce T.; Le Tirant, Stéphane; Linde, Jackson B.; Solan, Megan E.; Foley, Evelyn Marie; Eulin, Norman Enrico C.; Lavado, Ramon; Whiting, Michael F.; Bradler, Sven; Bank, Sarah (2023-08-03). "On seven undescribed leaf insect species revealed within the recent "Tree of Leaves" (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae)". ZooKeys (1173): 145–229. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1173.104413 . ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 10416092 . PMID 37577148.
↑ Tawde, Gaurang; Patwardhan, Amol; Cumming, Royce (2024). "Range Extension for Pulchriphyllium anangu Cumming et al., 2023 (Phasmatodea: Phylliidae) and First Record from Maharashtra". Insecta Mundi (1067): 1–3.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 Cumming, Royce T.; Le Tirant, Stéphane; Linde, Jackson B.; Solan, Megan E.; Foley, Evelyn Marie; Eulin, Norman Enrico C.; Lavado, Ramon; Whiting, Michael F.; Bradler, Sven; Bank, Sarah (2023-08-03). "On seven undescribed leaf insect species revealed within the recent "Tree of Leaves" (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae)". ZooKeys (1173): 145–229. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1173.104413 . ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 10416092 . PMID 37577148.

[2] Tawde, Gaurang; Patwardhan, Amol; Cumming, Royce (2024). "Range Extension for Pulchriphyllium anangu Cumming et al., 2023 (Phasmatodea: Phylliidae) and First Record from Maharashtra". Insecta Mundi (1067): 1–3.

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