Pulchriphyllium crurifolium (Audinet-Serville, 1838) stat. rev., comb. nov.

Cumming, Royce T., Le Tirant, Ste ́ phane, Linde, Jackson B., Solan, Megan E., Foley, Evelyn Marie, Eulin, Norman Enrico C., Lavado, Ramon, Whiting, Michael F., Bradler, Sven & Bank, Sarah, 2023, On seven undescribed leaf insect species revealed within the recent " Tree of Leaves " (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae), ZooKeys 1173, pp. 145-229 : 145

Pulchriphyllium crurifolium (Audinet-Serville, 1838) stat. rev., comb. nov.

Figs 19 , 20 , 21A , 22 , 23D-F

Type material examined.

(2♀♀, 2♂♂; OUMNH).

Lectotype designation: 1♀: " Pulchriphyllium crurifolium ♀ Seychelles; Seychelles; Wings O; e coll. Serville" (Fig. 19B ; OUMNH).

Paralectotype designations: 1♂: "Seychelles; Pulchriphyllium phyllium crurifolium Serville ♂; Phyllium crurifolium , teste Serville. E coll. Marchal, Mae. Hist. Nat. Orth. p. 292" (Fig. 19A ; OUMNH); 1♂: "♂; (coll. Latreille); E. Mus Serville; W; P. Crurifoilum Nob. (Indes)" (Fig. 19D ; OUMNH); 1♀: "♀; e coll. Serville.; Wings R wings wny; W; P. Crurifoilum Nob. (Indes)" (Fig. 19C ; OUMNH).

Additional material examined.

" Phyllium dardanus " Holotype (1♂; Fig. 20 ): " Seychelles; e coll. Marchal; TYPE ♂ WESTWOOD Phyllium dardanus . Cat. Phasm. 1859, p. 176. pl. 40 fig. 5.; TYPE Orth: 530 Phyllium dardanus Westwood HOPE DEPT. OXFORD; Phyllium dardanus , ♂, West. Mon. Phasm pl 40 f 5". See Suppl. material 1 for additional non-type specimens examined.

Figures

Figure 19. Pulchriphyllium crurifolium stat. rev., comb. nov. specimens which, based upon their labels, appear to be the syntype specimens designated by Audinet-Serville in 1838 A paralectotype, male, dorsal habitus, associated data labels to the right B lectotype, female, dorsal habitus, associated data labels to the right C paralectotype, female, dorsal habitus, associated data labels to the left and below D paralectotype, male, dorsal habitus, associated data labels to the left and below. Photographs by Robert Douglas, courtesy of Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

Figure 20. Phyllium dardanus Westwood, 1859 holotype male (= Pulchriphyllium crurifolium stat. rev., comb. nov.) A dorsal habitus B holotype data labels C details of the antennae, front legs, head, and thorax, dorsal A, B photographs by Robert Douglas, courtesy of Oxford University Museum of Natural History C photograph by Paul Brock (NHMUK).

Figure 21. Adult female profemoral lobes from various Pulchriphyllium species for comparison A Pulchriphyllium crurifolium stat. rev., comb. nov. (NHMUK) B Pulchriphyllium bioculatum from West Malaysia (Coll RC 16 - 038) C Pulchriphyllium scythe stat. rev., comb. nov. from Sylhet, Bangladesh (OUMNH) D Pulchriphyllium pulcrifolum from Java, Indonesia (Coll RC 16 - 024) E Pulchriphyllium bhaskarai sp. nov. from Java, Indonesia (MZPW).

Figure 22. Live Pulchriphyllium crurifolium stat. rev., comb. nov. A adult female, dorsal habitus, observed September 2019 at Sans Souci, Mahe, Seychelles, by Juan Jose Areso uploaded by iNaturalist user @ liahg (Amalia Herrera Grau) (https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 76082181) B adult male, dorsal habitus, observed December 2006 at Grand' Anse, Mahe, Seychelles by iNaturalist user @ thierrycordenos (https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 22992534). Both images uploaded to iNaturalist and used under license (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Figure 23. Eggs from Pulchriphyllium bioculatum - like species, where the eggs are known A-C Pulchriphyllium bioculatum from West Malaysia (Coll RC # 18 - 042) D-F Pulchriphyllium crurifolium stat. rev., comb. nov. from the Seychelles (Coll RC # 18 - 233) G-I Pulchriphyllium agathyrsus from Sri Lanka (Coll RC # 18 - 232). Top row, dorsal view. Middle row, lateral view. Bottom row, anterior view.