title: A tiny new species of leaf insect (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae) from New Guinea.
abstract: The female and egg of the new Papuan leaf insect Phyllium (Phyllium) riedeli n. sp. are described and illustrated. The species belongs in the siccifolium species-group of the subgenus Phyllium and, with a body length of 56.3 mm, represents the smallest leaf insect so far described for the genus. The type-specimens are stored in the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Germany (SMNK). A checklist and key is provided for the New Guinean representatives of Phyllium (Phyllium) Illiger, 1798.
authors.affiliation: ANKA / Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany. State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Erbprinzenstr. 13, D-76133 Karlsruhe, Germany; Email: thomas.vandekamp@kit.edu.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van de Kamp
authors.affiliation: Reiboldstrasse 11, D-67251 Freinsheim, Germany.; Email: hennemann@phasmatodea.com.
authors.forename: Frank H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Hennemann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D007313:Insecta / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D009512:New Guinea