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subfamily
Phylliinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
tribe
Phylliini
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
genus
Pulchriphyllium
Griffini, 1898
species
Pulchriphyllium
bioculatum
(Gray, 1832)
urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6995
Common name(s): Javanese Leaf Insect; Gray's Leaf Insect; Javanese Leaf-insect; Gray's Leaf-insect
Images:
specimen
Distribution:
China, India, Java, Mauritius, Peninsular Malaysia, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sumatra
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (103):
Gray, G.R. 1832. In Griffith & Pidgeon. The animal kingdom arranged in conformita with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier 15:191, pl. 63:3
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bioculatum
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Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae 30
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Phyllium
bioculatum
Burmeister. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie 2:590
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Phyllium
bioculatum
Audinet-Serville. 1838[1839]. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Orthoptères 292
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Phyllium
bioculatum
Gray, G.R. 1843. Zoologist 1(1):117
>> Note: Female >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 175
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Phyllium
bioculatum
Stål. 1875. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 32:105
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Phyllium
bioculatum
Bolívar [Y Urrutia]. 1895. Ann. Soc. entomol. Fr. 64:374
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Phyllium
bioculatum
Rehn, J.A.G. 1904. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 56:106
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Phyllium
bioculatum
Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:421
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bioculatum
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Redtenbacher. 1906. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden 1:174
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Phyllium
bioculatum
Giglio-Tos. 1910. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino 25(625):14
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bioculatum
Ferrière. 1912. In Bolívar [Y Urrutia] & Ferrière. Orthoptera, Phasmidae of the Seychelles. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 15(2):294
>> Note: in Seychelles >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Merle. 1917. La Nature 2263:93 >> Note: rearing >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Grimpe. 1921. Zool. Jb. Syst. 41:227
>> Note: Catalepsy, parthenogenesis; other studies >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Showalter. 1929. The National Geographic Magazine 56(1):28, fig. >>
Pulchriphyllium
bioculatum
Rehn, J.A.G. & J.W.H. Rehn. 1934[1933]. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 85:411
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Phyllium
bioculatum
Orian. 1957. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 12 10(115):517
>> Note: Mauritius, not very common >>
Pulchriphyllium
bioculatum
Vinson. 1968. The Mauritius Institute Bulletin 6(3):113 >> Note: in list of phasmids from Mauritius >>
Pulchriphyllium
bioculatum
Klante. 1969. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz 44(7):2 >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Sellick. 1974. Stick and Leaf Insects 27 >> Note: rearing >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Bedford. 1978. Annual Review of Entomology 23:126
>> Note: Oviposition >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Robinson, D. 1980. PSG Newsletter 3:2 >> Note: rearing >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Sellick. 1980. University of London, Unpublished thesis 197
>> Note: Egg [unpublished thesis] >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Passerin d´Entreves. 1981. Cataloghi. IV - Collezione Ortotterologiche del Museo di Zoologia de´ll Università di Torino 55
>>
Pulchriphyllium
bioculatum
Vanschuytbroeck & Cools. 1981. Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg. 53(23):25
>> Note: in RBINS coll >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Hausleithner. 1983. Entomol. Z. 93(19):278 >> Note: notes, figs. >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Brock. 1985. The Phasmid Rearer’s Handbook (Stick Insects and Leaf Insects) 28, fig >> Note: Rearing >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Carlberg. 1986. Zool. Anz. 216(1/2):6 >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Carlberg. 1986. Biol. Zentralbl. 105:643 >> Note: Reproduction adaptations >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Carlberg. 1987. Z. Versuchstierkd. 29:54 >> Note: Culturing phasmids for experiments >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Carlberg. 1987. Zool. Jb. Syst. 114:47 >> Note: Ovarian structure >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Matyot. 1988. PSG Newsletter 37:11 >> Note: in Seychelles >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Sellick. 1988. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 93:280
>> Note: In checklist of eggs studied by SEM >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Ziegler. 1989. Entomol. Z. 99(3):30 >> Note: gynandromorph >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Flückiger & Peltier. 1989. Gespenstschrecken figs >> Note: ex. Sri Lanka >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Matyot. 1990. Seychelles Today 7:32 >> Note: in Seychelles >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Preston-Mafham, K. 1990. Grasshoppers and mantids of the world 82 >> Note: note on behaviour >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Matyot. 1990. PSG Newsletter 42:4 >> Note: in the Seychelles >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Matyot. 1992. Phasmid Studies 1(1):18
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Phyllium
bioculatum
Brock. 1992. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22 13, 46, fig
>> Note: Rearing >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Unno. 1993. Camouflage and Mimicry of Insects 12-13, fig >> Note: Camouflage and Mimicry >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Seow-Choen, Brock & Seow-En. 1994. Malaysian Naturalist 48(1):8
>> Note: in Singapore >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Brock. 1995. Malayan Nat. Jour. 49(2):98
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Phyllium
bioculatum
Schulten. 1995. DATZ 10/95:643, fig. 4 >> Note: sketches of life history >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Schulten. 1995. Wandelnde Blätter, Stab- und Gespenstschrecken 3:108, figs., pl. 7
>> Note: rearing >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Ziegler. 1995. Arthropoda 3(3):32 >> Note: gynandromorph >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Woolman & Dharmasiri. 1995. Phasmid Studies 4(2):33
>> Note: foodplants in Sri Lanka >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Hanibeltz, Y. Nakamura, Imms & Abdullah. 1995. Phasmid Studies 4(2):60
>> Note: survival of newly-hatched nymphs >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Brock. 1995. Insect World International 1(1):25, fig >>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Deschandol. 1995. Le Monde des Phasmes 31(September):20
>> Note: Mimicry >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Seiler, C. 1996. PSG Newsletter 69:6 >> Note: rearing observations >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Seow-Choen. 1996. Nature Malaysiana 21(3):72, figs. >> Note: notes >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Seow-Choen, Seow-En & Seow-An. 1996. Nature Malaysiana 21(2):43
>> Note: fig. of newly-hatched nymph >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
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
bioculatum
Seow-Choen. 1997. A guide to the stick and leaf insects of Singapore 139, figs.
>>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Alderton. 1997. Your first stick insect 17, fig >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Seow-Choen. 1998. Serangga 3(1):90
>> Note: in UKM coll. >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Brock. 1999. Stick and Leaf Insects of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore 160, pl. 35-38, 185
>> Note: notes, egg >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Brock. 1999. Amateur Entomologist 26:23, 41, pl. 18b
>> Note: record for shortest lived phasmid >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Seow-Choen. 1999. In Briffett & Chew [Ed.]. State of the natural environment in Singapore 74
>> Note: in checklist of phasmids from Singapore >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Seow-Choen. 1999[1997]. Gardens´ Bulletin, Singapore 49(2):299
>> Note: in Singapore, status rare >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Brock. 2000. A complete guide to breeding Stick and Leaf Insects 56, figs >> Note: rearing >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Delfosse. 2000. Le Bulletin de Phyllie 4:3 >> Note: rearing >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Seiler, C. & et al. 2000. Phasmiden Pflege und Zucht von Gespenstschrecken, Stabschrecken und Wandelnden Blattern im Terrarium 110, figs >> Note: rearing >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Zompro. 2000[1999]. TenDenZen Supplement 1999:61
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Phyllium
bioculatum
Brock. 2000. PSG Newsletter 83:9 >> Note: On a postcard >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Bragg. 2001. Phasmids of Borneo 191, fig.
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Phyllium
bioculatum
Grösser. 2001. Wandelnde Blätter. Ein Katalog aller bisher beschriebenen Phylliinae-Arten und deren Eier mit drei Neubeschreibungen. 1st Edition 53, figs >>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Baxter. 2002. Rearing Stick and Leaf Insects 14, 91, figs
>> Note: rearing >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Alderton. 2002. How to Care for your Stick Insect 16, fig >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Brock. 2003. In Gale Research Staff. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Insects 226, fig. 1, 231
>>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Brock. 2003. Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. The Amateur Entomologist Volume 22 42, fig. 24
>> Note: rearing >>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Whiting, M.F., Bradler & Maxwell. 2003. Nature 421(6920):265
>>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Zompro. 2004. Revision of the genera of the Areolatae, including the status of Timema and Agathemera (Insecta, Phasmatodea) 273
>>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 275
>>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Seow-Choen. 2005. Phasmids of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore 108
>>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Sorpongpaisal & Thanasinchayakul. 2006. Kamphaengsean Acad. J. 4(3):22 >> Note: in northern Thailand >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Bragg. 2007. Phasmid Studies 15(1&2):9
>> Note: Note on authorship >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Chen, S.C. & Y.H. He. 2008. Phasmatodea of China 367
>>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
pulchrifolium
Grösser. 2008. Wandelnde Blätter. Ein Katalog aller bisher beschriebenen Phylliinae-Arten und deren Eier mit drei Neubeschreibungen. 2nd Edition. 93, figs.
>>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Gerlach & Haas. 2008. Orthopteroidea of the Seychelles islands 68
>>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Hennemann, Conle, Gottardo & Bresseel. 2009. Zootaxa 2322:80
>> Note: in Bioculatum species-group; four possible subspecies suggested for Ph. (Pu.) bioculatum Gray, 1833 are: 1) Ph. bioculatum bioculatum Gray, 1833 [Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore], 2) Ph. bioculatum agathyrsus Gray, 1843 [Sri Lanka and SE-India], 3) Ph. bioculatum pulchrifolium Audinet-Serville, 1838 [Java & Sumatra] and 4) Ph. bioculatum crurifolium Audinet-Serville, 1838 [Seychelles] >>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Mandal & Yadav. 2010. Records of the Zoological Survey of India Occasional Paper 318:53
>> Note: Redescribed from the literature / material in NZSI >>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Narita, Pereira, Kjellberg & Kageyama. 2010. Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 3:74
>> Note: Gynandromorphs and intersexes >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Harman. 2011. PSG Newsletter 125:7
>> Note: PSG culture stock origin >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Hutacharern. 2011. Checklist of Insects in Thailand Book 2 639
>> Note: Checklist of Insects in Thailand >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Harman. 2012. PSG Newsletter 127:12-13 >> Note: PSG culture stock origin >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Grösser. 2013. Grundwissen Wandelnde Blätter eine Einführung in die Biologie, Haltung & Zucht 46-51, figs.
>> Note: rearing >>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Bradler. 2015. Entomologie heute 27:5, fig
>>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Seow-Choen. 2016. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo 428, figs
>>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Seow-Choen. 2017. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Borneo Volume II 202
>> Note: removed from Borneo fauna >>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Seow-Choen. 2017. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Singapore 153, figs
>>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Cumming & Le Tirant. 2018. Faunitaxys 6(1):2
>>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Cumming, Le Tirant & Teemsma. 2018. Faunitaxys 6(2):16
>>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Bradler & Buckley. 2018. In Foottit & Adler [Ed.]. Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. Volume 2 283, fig
>>
Phyllium
bioculatum
Seow-Choen. 2018. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Sumatra. Volume 1 666, figs
>> Note: Correction of an error in fig. in Seow-Choen 2016 >>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Seow-Choen, Seow-En, Chua & Choo. 2019. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 71(Suppl. 1):382
>> Note: in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore >>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Seow-Choen. 2020. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Sumatra. Volume 2 397
>> Note: in checklist of Sumatran species >>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Bank, Cumming, Yunchang Li, Henze, Le Tirant & Bradler. 2021. Communications Biology 4(932):Supp. Table 1
>>
Pulchriphyllium
bioculatum
bioculatum
urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:523537
Seow-Choen. 2021. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Peninsular Malaysia Volume 1 899, figs
>>
Pulchriphyllium
bioculatum
bioculatum
Singh, L.R.K., Chandra & D. Gupta. 2021. In Chandra, Kosygin, Raghunathan & D. Gupta [Ed.]. Faunal Diversity of Biogeographic Zones of India: North-East 228 >> Note: in checklist list of North-East India >>
Phyllium
(
Pulchriphyllium
)
bioculatum
Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids pl. 3-4 & 12, 425, 563, fig
>> Note: Species account; checklist of world species >>
Pulchriphyllium
bioculatum
bioculatum
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Unknown
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: Male
Location of type: OUMNH Oxford
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