Phyllium elegans
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Phyllium elegans is a species of insect in the family Phylliidae. It is endemic to New Guinea.[1]
Phyllium elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Phylliidae |
Genus: | Phyllium |
Species: | P. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Phyllium elegans Grösser, 1991
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Taxonomy
[edit]It was described in 1991 on the basis of a female holotype from Papua New Guinea. The holotype is currently stored in the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "species Phyllium elegans Grösser, 1991: Phasmida Species File". phasmida.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2021-09-26.