Eulophophyllum

<i>Eulophophyllum</i>

Eulophophyllum

Genus of cricket-like animals

Eulophophyllum is a genus of leaf mimicking bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. It was originally circumscribed in 1922 by Morgan Hebard as a monospecific genus for the species E. thaumasium,[1] but two new species were described and added to the genus in 2016.

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Species

The type species E. thaumasium was found originally in Labuan island,[1] with the other species recorded from Sabah; E. lobulatum appears to be endemic to Mount Kinabalu where there is National Park protection.[2] The Orthoptera Species File[3] currently lists:

  1. Eulophophyllum thaumasium Hebard, 1922
  2. Eulophophyllum lobulatum Ingrisch & Riede, 2016
  3. Eulophophyllum kirki Ingrisch & Riede, 2016

References

  1. [1]
    Hebard, Morgan (1922). "Studies in Malayan, Melanesian and Australian Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera)". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 74: 160–161, 288. JSTOR 4063942.
  2. [2]
    Ingrisch, Sigfrid; Riede, Klaus; Beccaloni, George (2016). "The Pink Katydids of Sabah (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Eulophophyllum) with Description of Two New Species". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 25 (2): 67–74. doi:10.1665/034.025.0205.
  3. [3]
    Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 4 March 2021)
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