Phyllium (Phyllium) letiranti sp. nov. (Phasmida: Phylliidae) a new leaf insect from Peleng Island, Indonesia

Authors

Royce T. Cumming, San Diego Natural History MuseumFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2018

Citation

Insecta Mundi 0618: 1–16

ZooBank Registered: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:22A58CA8-FE9E-4546-A90B-A658F39884E0

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Abstract

A new species of leaf insect, Phyllium (Phyllium) letiranti Cumming and Teemsma, new species (Phasmida: Phylliidae), is described from a series of males, females, and eggs from Peleng Island, Indonesia. This new species is the first record of the family Phylliidae on the island and is here differentiated from congeners. Keys to males, females, and eggs of the Phyllium species of Sulawesi and Peleng islands are included within.