''Cryptophyllium celebicum''
[Haan W de (1842) In Temminck d. ''Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen'' 3: 111.] is
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
of
leaf insect in the new (2021) genus ''
Cryptophyllium
''Cryptophyllium''Cumming RT, Bank S, Bresseel J, Constant J, Le Tirant S, Dong Z, Soner G, Bradler S. (2021) ZooKeys 1018: 14.link on www.researchgate.net/ref> is a new (2021) genus of leaf insects in the tribe Phylliini. The current distributi ...
'',
[Cumming RT, Bank S, Bresseel J, Constant J, Le Tirant S, Dong Z, Soner G, Bradler S. (2021) ZooKeys 1018: 14.]
Content link on www.researchgate.net
/ref> which has been placed the tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
Phylliini
The family Phylliidae (often misspelled Phyllidae) contains the extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkably camouflaged leaf mimics (mimesis) in the entire animal kingdom. They occur from South Asia thro ...
. Its recorded distribution is Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
and Ambon Island
Ambon Island is part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. The island has an area of and is mountainous, well watered, and fertile. Ambon Island consists of two territories: the city of Ambon, Maluku, Ambon to the south and various districts ('' ...
.[Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 20 February 2021)]
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Phasmatodea of Malesia
Phylliidae