Phyllium (Phyllium) letiranti Cumming and Teemsma 2018
- Dataset
- Phyllium (Phyllium) letiranti sp. nov. (Phasmida: Phylliidae) a new leaf insect from Peleng Island, Indonesia
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Cumming, Royce T., Teemsma, Sierra N. (2018): Phyllium (Phyllium) letiranti sp. nov. (Phasmida: Phylliidae) a new leaf insect from Peleng Island, Indonesia. Insecta Mundi 618: 1-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3699395
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Phasmida
- family
- Phylliidae
- genus
- Phyllium
- species
- Phyllium letiranti
description
(Fig. 1 A – D, 2 B – D, F – G, 3 A – E, 4 A – D, 5 A – D, 6 A – C)
materials_examined
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: ~ 60 m. 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].