<strong>A tiny new species of leaf insect (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae) from New Guinea</strong>

THOMAS DE VAN KAMP; FRANK H. HENNEMANN

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3869.4.4

Issue: Vol. 3869 No. 4: 2 Oct. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-10-02

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.4.4

Page range: 397–408

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A tiny new species of leaf insect (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae) from New Guinea

THOMAS DE VAN KAMP⁺⁻
FRANK H. HENNEMANN⁺⁻

ANKA / Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany. State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Erbprinzenstr. 13, D-76133 Karlsruhe, Germany

Reiboldstrasse 11, D-67251 Freinsheim, Germany.

Phasmatodea leaf insects Phyllium (Phyllium) riedeli n. sp. West Papua

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Abstract

The female and egg of the new Papuan leaf insect Phyllium (Phyllium) riedeli n. sp. are described and illustrated. The species belongs in the siccifolium species-group of the subgenus Phyllium and, with a body length of 56.3 mm, represents the smallest leaf insect so far described for the genus. The type-specimens are stored in the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Germany (SMNK). A checklist and key is provided for the New Guinean representatives of Phyllium (Phyllium) Illiger, 1798.