Genus Nanophyllium Redtenbacher, 1906

Nanophyllium pygmaeum

Only one Australian species is known.

Distribution

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Extralimital distribution: New Guinea, See Redtenbacher, J. In Brunner von Wattenwyl, K. & Redtenbacher, J. (1906). Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. Lfg 1: Phasmidae areolatae. Leipzig Verlag Engelmann 180 pp. 6 pls [180].

References

Balderson, J., Rentz, D.C.F. and Roach, A.M.E. (1998). in Houston, W.K.K. & Wells, A. (1998) (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia (ISBN 0643 06035 9). pp. 347 - 376.
Bradley, J.C., and Galil, B.S. (1977). The taxonomic arrangement of the Phasmatodea with keys to the subfamilies and tribes. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 79(2): 176-208.
Rentz, D. C. F. (1988). Nanophyllium pygmaeum Redtenbacher (Phasmatodea: Phylliidae: Phylliinae), a leaf insect recently recognized in Australia. Australian Entomology Magazine, 15(1): page?.
Rentz, D.C.F (1996). Grasshopper Country, Chapter 16, Phasmatodea: Leaf and Stick Insects, pp. 244-257