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Phyllium (Phyllium) letiranti Cumming and Teemsma 2018, new species

Description

Phyllium (Phyllium) letiranti Cumming and Teemsma, new species

(Fig. 1A–D, 2B–D, F–G, 3A–E, 4A–D, 5A–D, 6A–C)

Holotype. Female: INDONESIA, Peleng Island, Tinagkung Utara, near Luksagu Village: December, 2016: ~ 60 m. elv. 1°17′ S 123°25.4′ E [Coll RC 17-015]: deposited in the Montreal Insectarium type collection.

Paratypes. [19 Females, 6 Males, 14 Eggs]: INDONESIA: [2 Females, 3 Males, 5 Eggs]: Peleng Island, Tinagkung Utara, near Luksagu Village: Dec., 2016- Jan., 2017: ~ 60m. elv. 1°17′ S 123°25.4′ E [Coll RC 17-170, 171, 187, 189, 190, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314]; [17 Females, 2 Males, 8 Eggs]: Peleng Island, Tinagkung Utara, near Luksagu Village: December, 2016: ~ 60 m. elv. 1°17′ S 123°25.4′ E [Coll RC 17-007, 008, 010, 011, 016, 017, 018, 021, 022, 023, 025, 026, 027, 032, 033, 055, 056, 242, 244, 306, 307, 308, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361]; [1 Male]: Peleng Island, Tinagkung Utara, near Luksagu Village: April, 2017: ~ 60 m. elv. 1°17′ S 123°25.4′ E [Coll RC 17-229]; [1 Egg]: Peleng Island, Tinagkung Utara, near Luksagu Village: Dec., 2016- Jan., 2017: ~ 60 m. elv. 1°17′ S 123°25.4′ E: removed from the gonapophyses of paratype Coll. RC 17-170 [Coll RC 17-381].

Notes

Published as part of Cumming, Royce T. & Teemsma, Sierra N., 2018, Phyllium (Phyllium) letiranti sp. nov. (Phasmida: Phylliidae) a new leaf insect from Peleng Island, Indonesia, pp. 1-16 in Insecta Mundi 618 on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3699395

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Phylliidae
Genus
Phyllium
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Phasmida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Cumming and Teemsma
Species
letiranti
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Phyllium (Phyllium) letiranti Cumming & Teemsma, 2018