Phyllium philippinicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phylliidae
Genus: Phyllium
Species:
P. philippinicum
Binomial name
Phyllium philippinicum
Hennemann, Conle, Gottardo & Bresseel, 2009

Phyllium philippinicum is a species of leaf insect in the family Phylliidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.[1]

Taxonomy

Phyllium 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]

It is in the subgenus Phyllium.[2]

Distribution

It is found on Luzon.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "species Phyllium philippinicum Hennemann, Conle, Gottardo & Bresseel, 2009: Phasmida Species File". phasmida.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  2. 1 2 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.


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