Tag Archive for 'Phasmida'

Anchiale mabiensis, paratype male. Image credit: Ross M. Coupland.

Two New Stick Insect Species Discovered in Australia

Sep 21, 2026 by Natali Anderson

Entomologists have described two previously unrecognized species of Anchiale — a genus of large, winged stick insects — from tropical Queensland,...

Holotype of Acrophylla alta in nature. Image credit: Ross M. Coupland.

New Species of Giant Stick Insect Discovered in Australia

Aug 1, 2025 by Natali Anderson

Australian entomologists have described a spectacular new species of the stick insect genus Acrophylla from two female specimens as well as eggs. Holotype...

Live adult female leaf insects showing intergeneric and intraspecific color variability: (A) Pulchriphyllium anangu photographed near Agumbe, India on May 17, 2022 by iNaturalist user vishwanathgowda; (B, C) Phyllium ortizi reared and photographed by Maxime Ortiz from France in captivity: (B) brown form female, (C) green form female. Image credit: Vishwanath Gowda / Maxime Ortiz / Cumming et al., doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1173.104413.

Entomologists Discover Seven New Species of Leaf Insects

Aug 29, 2023 by Natali Anderson

An international team of entomologists has described seven new species in the leaf insect genera Phyllium and Pulchriphyllium from Philippines, Vietnam,...