Chitoniscus
Sign in to saveChitoniscus is a genus of leaf insects native to the Fiji Islands. The species from New Caledonia, formerly listed in this genus, formerly classified in this genus were transferred to the newly described genus Trolicaphyllium in 2021.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- Family
- Phylliidae
- Collections
- QM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- New Caledonia, Argentina
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phylliidae
- Image
- Chitoniscus sp. Suva (10.3897-zookeys.1055.66796).jpg
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Chitoniscus is a genus of leaf insects native to the Fiji Islands. The species from New Caledonia, formerly listed in this genus, formerly classified in this genus were transferred to the newly described genus Trolicaphyllium in 2021.
== Description ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chitoniscus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.