Integrated phylogenomic and fossil evidence of stick and leaf insects (Phasmatodea) reveal a Permian–Triassic co-origination with insectivores
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201689
Abstract: Stick and leaf insects (Phasmatodea) are a distinctive insect order whose members are characterized by mimicking various plant tissues such as twigs, foliage and bark. Unfortunately, the phylogenetic relationships among phasmatodean subfamilies and the timescale… read more here.
Keywords: insects; leaf insects; stick leaf; fossil evidence ... See more keywords
Walaphyllium subgen. nov., the dancing leaf insects from Australia and Papua New Guinea with description of a new species (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae)
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DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.939.52071
Abstract: Abstract A new subgenus, Walaphylliumsubgen. nov., is described within Phyllium Illiger, 1798 to accommodate three leaf insect species. One of the species included is newly described herein as Phyllium (Walaphyllium) lelantossp. nov. from Papua New… read more here.
Keywords: insects; leaf insects; papua new; phyllium ... See more keywords