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species Nanophyllium pygmaeum Redtenbacher, 1906

• Common name(s):  Pygmy Leaf-insect
• Images:

  specimen

• Distribution:
  •  Papua New Guinea [Australia in error]
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (20):
  • Redtenbacher. 1906. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden 1:180, pl. 6:16   >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6975
  • Günther. 1929. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum, Berlin 14:615 >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Rentz. 1988. Aust. ent. Mag. 15(1):3, figs. 1-2 >> Note: in Queensland >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Rentz. 1996. Grasshopper country. The abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia. Orthoptera; grasshoppers, katydids, crickets. Blattodea; cockroaches. Mantodea; mantids. Phasmatodea; stick insects. 253, pl. 402-403   >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Balderson, Rentz & Roach. 1998. In Houston & A. Wells [Ed.]. Zoological Catalog of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera 352 >> Note: type data >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Herwaarden. 1998. Science in New Guinea 24(2):103   >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Brock. 1999. Amateur Entomologist 26:23, fig. 12, 123   >> Note: Shortest leaf insect; probably belongs to Phyllium >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Grösser. 2001. Wandelnde Blätter. Ein Katalog aller bisher beschriebenen Phylliinae-Arten und deren Eier mit drei Neubeschreibungen. 1st Edition 49, figs >> Note: distribution: New Guinea; body dimensions >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Zompro. 2004. Revision of the genera of the Areolatae, including the status of Timema and Agathemera (Insecta, Phasmatodea) 276   >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 208   >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Brock & Hasenpusch. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography 1570:75   >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Grösser. 2008. Wandelnde Blätter. Ein Katalog aller bisher beschriebenen Phylliinae-Arten und deren Eier mit drei Neubeschreibungen. 2nd Edition. 80, fig.   >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Zompro. 2008. Arthropoda 16(3):29, fig.   >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Brock & Hasenpusch. 2009. The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia 147, figs   >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Cumming. 2017. Zootaxa 4238(2):247   >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Rudolf & Brock. 2017. In IUCN. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T80229098A80229140   >> Note: Red List - Data Deficient >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Cumming, Le Tirant & Teemsma. 2018. Faunitaxys 6(9):1-5   >> Note: key >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Cumming, Le Tirant, Teemsma, Hennemann, L.P.M. Willemse & Büscher. 2020. ZooKeys 969:48   >> Note: pygmaeum species group >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Bank, Cumming, Yunchang Li, Henze, Le Tirant & Bradler. 2021. Communications Biology 4(932):Sup. Tab. 1   >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 561   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Nanophyllium pygmaeum
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Asia-Tropical, Papuasia, New Guinea, Katau
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  MSNG Genoa

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