A generic revision of the insect order Phasmatodea: The genera of the areolate stick insect family Phylliidae (Walking Leaves) (Insecta, Orthoptera)

摘要

The species of the areolate family Phylliidae are well known as "Walking Leaves" or "Leaf Insects". Several species have been reared by enthusiasts, and many zoos exhibit specimens. So it is astonishing that to date only a few larger publications on this group are available, a revision of the genus Pin/Ilium Illiger, 1798 by Klante (1976) and a well illustrated book on the whole family by Groesser (2001). The first reviews of this family have been published by Griffini (1898a,b). The systematic rank of this family is obvious, since all members share several synapomorphies, but the relations between the genera have not been discussed previously. This paper is part of an ongoing work on the systematics of the Phasmatodea (Zompro 2001a).