Cryptophyllium

Cryptophyllium[1] is a new (2021) genus of leaf insects in the tribe Phylliini.[2] The current distribution is probably incomplete, but includes southern China, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malesia and western Pacific islands.[2]

Cryptophyllium
Cryptophyllium celebicum nymphs
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phylliidae
Tribe: Phylliini
Genus: Cryptophyllium
Cumming, Bank, Bresseel, Constant, Le Tirant, Dong, Soner & Bradler, 2021
Type species
Cryptophyllium celebicum
(Haan, 1842)

Description

Several species were previously placed in the genus Phyllium (subgenus Phyllium) which is very similar. Females of Cryptophyllium have antennae typically with the fourth segment short and disk-like at least 3× wider than long, and shorter than any of the following three segments. With Phyllium, the fourth antennal segment is as tall as wide, of a similar height to each of the following three segments length and not notably shorter. Females range from 77 to 107 mm long and males from about 55–90 mm.[1]

Species
Cryptophyllium westwoodii male

The Phasmida Species File[2] currently (July 2021) lists:

  • Cryptophyllium animatum Cumming, Bank, Bresseel, Constant, Le Tirant, Dong, Soner & 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
  1. 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
  2. Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 26 July 2021)
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