Phyllium (Phyllium) Illiger 1798
Creators: name: Cumming, Royce T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phylliidae
Phyllium

description: Key to the known female Phyllium (Phyllium) ILLIGER, 1798 of the Philippines
1. Alae well-developed; (celebicum species group).............................................................................................................................2.
- Alae rudimentary; (siccifolium species group)................................................................................................................................ 3.
2. Abdominal segment VII lateral margin with distinct lobe; angle of exterior lobe of profemora approaching 90 degrees; (Marin- duque, Luzon & Batan) .................................................................................................................... ericoriai HENNEMANN et al.
- Abdominal segment VII lateral margin with indistinct lobe & converging posteriorly; angle of exterior lobe of profemora obtuse; (Northern Luzon) ................................................................................................................................... bonifacioi LIT & EUSEBIO
3. Anal abdominal segment (X) distinctly wider than long, with a broad apex.................................................................................. 4.
- Anal abdominal segment (X) appearing longer than wide, with a narrow apex............................................................................. 6.
4. Subgenital plate with concave sides creating a small fine point that that hardly projects over the posterior margin of abdominal segment IX; (“ Philippines ”) ....................................................................................................................................... .. geryon GRAY
- Subgenital plate margins straight or slightly convex creating a more prominent plate................................................................... 5.
5. Outer margin of exterior lobe of profemora acutely dentate; teeth of interior lobe large and approximately evenly spaced; subgen- ital plate margins straight and gonapophyses not passing the apex of abdominal segment X; (Sibuyan) .......................................... ........................................................................................................................................................................ woodi REHN & REHN
- Outer margin of exterior lobe of profemora relatively smooth; teeth of interior lobe small and paired creating uneven spacing; subgenital plate margins convex and gonapophyses passing over the apex of abdominal segment X; (Mindanao) ......................... ..................................................................................................................................................................................... fallorum n. sp.
6. Antennae with 10 segments............................................................................................................................................................. 7.
- Antennae with 9 segments............................................................................................................................................................... 8.
7. Medium sized species (77.5–88.0 mm); Abdominal segments VII & VIII with widely rounded lobes; 5–7 equally sized/spaced acute teeth on the interior lobe of the profemora; longer subgenital plate almost reaching the apex of the anal abdominal segment; (Northwestern Luzon).............................................................................................................. .. philippinicum HENNEMANN et al.
- Small species (65.0 mm); Abdominal segments VII & VIII with acute lobes extending posteriorly; five unequal, prominent, and
description: Published as part of Cumming, Royce T., 2017, A new species of Phyllium (Phyllium) Illiger, 1798 from Mindanao, Philippines (Phasmida, Phylliidae), pp. 297-300 in Zootaxa 4303 (2) on page 299, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.2.10, http://zenodo.org/record/840896