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species Phyllium siccifolium (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Common name(s):  Linnaeus' Leaf Insect
• Images:

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• Distribution:
  •  Ambon, Ceram, Buru Is.
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (92):
  • Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna tria Naturae secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis (10th ed) 425   >> Gryllus (Mantis) siccifolius    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7078
  • Fabricius. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum, classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis, synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus 276   >> Mantis siccifolia    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7079
  • Fabricius. 1793. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus 2:18   >> Mantis siccifolia
  • Olivier, G.A. 1797[1792]. Encyclopédie Méthodique, ou par ordre de matières par un société de gens de lettres, de savans et d´artistes. Histoire Naturelle 7:626   >> Mantis siccifolia
  • Donovan. 1800. An epitome of the natural history of the insects of India, and the islands of the Indian seas. 2 pl. 11   >> Mantis siccifolia
  • Latreille. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes 3:272   >> Phyllium siccifolia    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:513247
  • Houttuyn. 1813. In Stoll. Natuurlyke en naar 't leeven naauwkeurig gekleurde afbeeldingen en beschryvingen der spooken, wandelende, bladen, zabelspringhaanen, krekels, treksprinkhaanen en kakkerlakken [Représentation exactement colorée d'après nature des spectres, des mantes, des sauterelles, des grillons, des criquets et des blattes] 1787-1813:21, pl. 7:24-26 >> Phasma siccifolia    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7080
  • Leach. 1815. In Brewster, D. The Edinburgh Encyclopedia 9(1):119   >> Phyllium siccifoluim subsequent misspelling    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:501537
  • Thunberg. 1815. Mémoires de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg 5:286   >> Pteropus siccifolius    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7081
  • Peletier de Saint Fargeau & Audinet-Serville. 1825. In Latreille, Peletier de Saint Fargeau, Audinet-Serville & Guérin-Méneville. Encyclopédie Méthodique, ou par ordre de matières par un société de gens de lettres, de savans et d´artistes. Histoire Naturelle 115   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Audinet-Serville. 1831. Annales des Sciences naturelles, Zool. Paris 22:63   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae 30   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Burmeister. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie 2:590   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Audinet-Serville. 1838[1839]. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Orthoptères 289   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Guérin-Méneville. 1838. Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle et des phénomènes de la nature 7:442, pl. 549   >> Phyllium siccifolia
  • Blanchard. 1840. In Castelnau [Ed.]. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères, Néuroptères, Hémiptères, Hymenoptères, Lépidoptères et Diptères 18, pl. 5   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Duncan. 1840. The Naturalist's Library: Entomology, Vol. 28 243, pl. 12   >> Phyllium siccifolia
  • de Haan. 1842. In Temminck [Ed.]. Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen 3:111, pl. 15:7   >> Note: male [misidentification, see entry for geryon] >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Cuvier. 1849. Le Règne Animal. Edit. par une reunion de disciples de Cuvier, MM. Audouin, Blanchard, Deshayes etc. 7(2):74   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 172   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Kaup. 1871. Berliner Entomologische Zeitung 15:24, pl. 1:24   >> Note: egg >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Stål. 1875. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 32:104   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Griffini. 1898. Extrait des Miscellanea Entomologica 6(1):4   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Tepper. 1903. Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia 26:287   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:422   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Redtenbacher. 1906. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden 1:176, pl. 6:19   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Bruner. 1915. University Studies of the University of Lincoln, Nebraska 15(2):231   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Günther. 1929. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum, Berlin 14:614 >> Note: Günther. 1929. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum, Berlin 14:614 listed de Haan's siccifolium [not of Linnaeus] as a synonym of Phyllium geryon >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Panu & Verrier. 1929. Comptes rendus des séances de la Sociéte de biologie C 188:1118-1120 >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Matsumura & Hirayama. 1932[1931]. Illustrated 6000 insects of Nippon [6000 illustrated insects of Japan-Empire] fig >> Note: [Brock - note illust. is of a Pulchriphylium sp] >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & J.W.H. Rehn. 1934[1933]. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 85:414, pl. 17:4   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Polak. 1939. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 27:164, fig >> Note: Egg >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Roepke. 1953. Ent. Bericht. 337(14):293 >> Note: Wing nerves >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Anonymous. 1954. Int. Comm. Zool. Nom >> Note: placed on Official List of Specific Names in Zoology >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Sellick. 1980. University of London, Unpublished thesis 196   >> Note: Egg [unpublished thesis] >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Sakaguti. 1981. Insects of the world 2:pl. 16:7-8 >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Passerin d´Entreves. 1981. Cataloghi. IV - Collezione Ortotterologiche del Museo di Zoologia de´ll Università di Torino 56   >> Pulchriphyllium siccifolium    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:501247
  • Vanschuytbroeck & Cools. 1981. Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg. 53(23):26   >> Note: in RBINS coll >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Vickery. 1983. CSIRO Australian division of Entomology, Technical Paper No 20 10   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Marshall, J.A. 1983. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 78:392   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Brock. 1992. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22 13, 46   >> Note: Rearing >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Ziegler. 1993. Arthropoda 1(4):18, figs. >> Note: coxae colouration >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Seow-Choen, Brock & Seow-En. 1994. Malaysian Naturalist 48(1):8   >> Note: in Singapore >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Brock. 1995. Malayan Nat. Jour. 49(2):98   >> Note: nomenclature >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Crosby-Clark. 1995. Phasmid Studies 4(1):7   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Rentz. 1996. Grasshopper country. The abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia. Orthoptera; grasshoppers, katydids, crickets. Blattodea; cockroaches. Mantodea; mantids. Phasmatodea; stick insects. 245, fig.   >> Note: [later described as monteithi Brock & Hasenpusch] >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Seow-Choen. 1996. Nature Malaysiana 21(3):73, fig. >> Note: notes >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Seow-Choen, Seow-En & Seow-An. 1996. Nature Malaysiana 21(2):43   >> Note: fig. of newly-hatched nymph >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Tay & Seow-Choen. 1996. In Turner, I.M., Diong, S.S.L. Lim & P.K.L. Ng [Ed.]. Biodiversity and the Dynamics of Ecosystems 1:183   >> Note: foodplants in Malaysia and Singapore >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Seow-Choen. 1997. A guide to the stick and leaf insects of Singapore 142, figs.   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Sellick. 1997. Phasmid Studies 6(1):17   >> Note: Comments on egg >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Balderson, Rentz & Roach. 1998. In Houston & A. Wells [Ed.]. Zoological Catalog of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera 354 >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Herwaarden. 1998. Science in New Guinea 24(2):102   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Seow-Choen. 1998. Serangga 3(1):90   >> Note: in UKM coll. >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Sellick. 1998. Systematic Entomology 23:211   >> Note: Micropylar plate >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Brock. 1999. Stick and Leaf Insects of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore 158, figs, 185   >> Note: egg >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Seow-Choen. 1999. In Briffett & Chew [Ed.]. State of the natural environment in Singapore 74   >> Note: in checklist of phasmids from Singapore >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Seow-Choen. 1999[1997]. Gardens´ Bulletin, Singapore 49(2):299, pl. 5a   >> Note: in Singapore, status rare >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Potvin, W. 1999. Phasma 9(33):fig >> Note: Features on stamp, North Korea 1990 >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Zompro. 2000[1999]. TenDenZen Supplement 1999:66   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Brock. 2000. PSG Newsletter 83:9 >> Note: On a calendar >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Bragg. 2001. Phasmids of Borneo 198, figs   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Grösser. 2001. Wandelnde Blätter. Ein Katalog aller bisher beschriebenen Phylliinae-Arten und deren Eier mit drei Neubeschreibungen. 1st Edition 94, figs >> Phyllium (Phyllium) siccifolium
  • Brock. 2002. Le Bulletin de Phyllie 11(1):3, figs. incl. cover   >> Note: type data, photographs >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Baxter. 2002. Rearing Stick and Leaf Insects 14   >> Note: figure of egg >> Phyllium (Phyllium) siccifolium
  • Chen, S.C. & Yan Li. 2002. In Chen, S.C., Y.H. He & Yan Li. Phasmatodea. In Huang, F.S. [Ed.]. Forest insects of Hainan 101 >> Note: in Hainan >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Brock. 2003. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22 42   >> Note: rearing >> Phyllium (Phyllium) siccifolium
  • Zompro. 2004. Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 13:92   >> Note: Kaup's egg not traced (also fig. page 97, fig. 2a) >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Zompro. 2004. Revision of the genera of the Areolatae, including the status of Timema and Agathemera (Insecta, Phasmatodea) 273   >> Phyllium (Phyllium) siccifolium
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 274   >> Phyllium (Phyllium) siccifolium
  • Seow-Choen. 2005. Phasmids of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore 113   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Brock & Hasenpusch. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography 1570:75   >> Note: erroneous Australian record >> Phyllium (Phyllium) siccifolium
  • Hennemann, Conle & W. Zhang. 2008. Zootaxa 1735:43   >> Note: likely erroneous record from China by Liu (1993) >> Phyllium (Phyllium) siccifolium
  • Chen, S.C. & Y.H. He. 2008. Phasmatodea of China 369, fig. 328, pl. 5:4   >> Phyllium (Phyllium) siccifolium
  • Grösser. 2008. Wandelnde Blätter. Ein Katalog aller bisher beschriebenen Phylliinae-Arten und deren Eier mit drei Neubeschreibungen. 2nd Edition. 134, figs.   >> Phyllium (Phyllium) siccifolium
  • Xu, F.L. 2008. A taxonomic study on Phasmatodea in Guizhou UNPUBLISHED THESIS 15 >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Hennemann, Conle, Gottardo & Bresseel. 2009. Zootaxa 2322:53, figs.   >> Note: clarification of species / distribution, correcting previous accounts by various authors; in Siccifolium species-group (p. 79) >> Phyllium (Phyllium) siccifolium
  • Buckley, Attanayake & Bradler. 2009[2008]. Proc. R. Soc. B. 276:1058   >> Note: In Phylogenetic tree >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Mandal & Yadav. 2010. Records of the Zoological Survey of India Occasional Paper 318:51   >> Note: Redescribed from the literature / material in NZSI >> Phyllium (Phyllium) siccifolium
  • Grösser. 2011. ARTHROPODA Generalis 3:4, figs   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Friedemann, Wipfler, Bradler & Beutel. 2012. Acta Zoologica 93:1   >> Note: head morphology >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Harman. 2012. PSG Newsletter 127:13 >> Note: PSG culture stock origin >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Grösser. 2013. Grundwissen Wandelnde Blätter eine Einführung in die Biologie, Haltung & Zucht 66, figs.   >> Note: rearing cultures from Malaysia, Philippines [note, localities not given in Hennemann et al, 2009] >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Shelomi, Sitepu, Boundy-Mills & Kimsey. 2015. Jour. of Orthoptera Res. 24(1):2   >> Note: anatomy >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Seow-Choen. 2016. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo 427, figs   >> Note: identities of the Bornean species complex requires further research >> Phyllium (Phyllium) siccifolium
  • Shima & Tachi. 2016. Jour. Nat. History 50(25-26):1649   >> Note: Parasitoid on Phyllium siccifolium (Hygiella proclinata, Tachinidae) in Vietnam [Brock - species of Phyllium suspect] >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Seow-Choen. 2017. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo Volume II 202   >> Note: removed from list of Borneo fauna >> Phyllium (Phyllium) siccifolium
  • Cumming, Leong & Lohman. 2017. Zootaxa 4365(2):113   >> Phyllium (Phyllium) siccifolium
  • Cumming & Teemsma. 2018. Insecta Mundi(650):1   >> Phyllium (Phyllium) siccifolium
  • Cumming, Le Tirant & Hennemann. 2019. Faunitaxys 7(4):11, figs   >> Phyllium (Phyllium) siccifolium
  • Bank, Cumming, Yunchang Li, Henze, Le Tirant & Bradler. 2021. Communications Biology 4(932):Supp. Table 1   >> Phyllium siccifolium
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 563   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Phyllium siccifolium
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, India, 'Indies'
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Female
  • Location of type:  UZIU Uppsala

• synonym brevicorne Latreille, 1807
• synonym chlorophylla (Houttuyn, 1813)
• synonym chlorophyllum (Houttuyn, 1813)
• synonym citrifolium (Lichtenstein, 1796)
• synonym donovani Gray, 1835
• synonym foliatus (Perry, 1811)
• synonym gorgon Gray, 1835
• synonym siccifoluim Leach, 1815
• synonym stollii Peletier de Saint Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1825

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