Royce T. Cumming

Royce T. Cumming, American entomologist

Entomology Department, San Diego Natural History Museum, POB 121390, Balboa Park, San Diego, California, United States. 92112-1390.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Cumming, R.T. 2016. A new species of Nanophyllium Redtenbacher, 1906 from the northern coast of New Guinea (Phasmida, Phylliidae). Zootaxa 4147(1): 89–91. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.1.7. Reference page.

Cumming, R.T. 2017. A second new species of Nanophyllium Redtenbacher, 1906 from the northern coast of New Guinea (Phasmida, Phylliidae). Zootaxa 4238(2): 246–248. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.2.3. Reference page.
Cumming, R.T. 2017. A new species of Phyllium (Phyllium) Illiger, 1798 from Mindanao, Philippines (Phasmida, Phylliidae). Zootaxa 4303(2): 297–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.2.10. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Cumming, R.T., le Tirant, S. & Teemsma, S.N. 2017. Phyllium (Phyllium) brossardi sp. nov. (Phasmida, Phylliidae), a new species of leaf insect from northern Borneo. Insecta mundi 0596: 1–6. PDF Reference page.
Cumming, R.T., Leong, J.V. & Lohman, D.J. 2017. Leaf insects from Luzon, Philippines, with descriptions of four new species, the new genus Pseudomicrophyllium, and redescription of Phyllium (Phyllium) geryon Gray, 1843, (Phasmida: Phylliidae). Zootaxa 4365(2): 101–131. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.2.1. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Cumming, R.T. & le Tirant, S. 2018. Phyllium shurei n. sp., a third species of leaf insect from Java, Indonesia (Phasmida, Phylliidae). Faunitaxys, 6(1): 1–5. ResearchGate . Reference page.
Cumming, R.T., le Tirant, S. & Teemsma, S.N. 2018. On the Phyllium of Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra, Indonesia, with range expansions for currently known species, description of the previously unknown Phyllium (Pu.) abdulfatahi Seow-Choen female, and description of the new species Phyllium (Ph.) rubrum n. sp. from Peninsular Malaysia (Phasmida: Phylliidae). Faunitaxys, 6(2): 2–21. PDF Reference page.
Cumming, R.T., le Tirant, S. & Teemsma, S.N. 2018. Northeastern Australia record of Nanophyllium pygmaeum Redtenbacher, 1906, now recognized as a new species, Nanophyllium australianum n. sp. (Phasmida, Phylliidae). Faunitaxys, 6(9): 1–5. ResearchGate . PDF.Reference page.
Cumming, R.T., Leong, J.V. & Lohman, D.J. 2018. Addendum to “Leaf insects from Luzon, Philippines, with descriptions of four new species, the new genus Pseudomicrophyllium, and redescription of Phyllium (Phyllium) geryon Gray, 1843, (Phasmida: Phylliidae)”. Zootaxa 4433(2): 389–389. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.2.10 Reference page.

Cumming, R.T., Le Tirant, S. & Hennemann, F.H. 2019. Review of the Phyllium Illiger, 1798 of Wallacea, with description of a new subspecies from Morotai Island (Phasmatodea: Phylliidae: Phylliinae). Faunitaxys 7(4): 1-25. PDF. Reference page.

Cumming, R.T., Baker, E., Le Tirant, S. & Marshall, J.A. 2020. On the Phyllium Illiger, 1798 of Palawan (Philippines), with description of a new species (Phasmida: Phylliidae). Faunitaxys 8(6): 1–9. Reference page.
Cumming, R.T., Bank, S., le Tirant, S. & Bradler, S. 2020. Notes on the leaf insects of the genus Phyllium of Sumatra and Java, Indonesia, including the description of two new species with purple coxae (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae). ZooKeys, 913: 89–126. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.913.49044 Reference page.
Cumming, R.T. & le Tirant, S. 2020. A new species of Phyllium Illiger, 1798, from the celebicum species group native to Laos (Phasmida: Phylliidae). Faunitaxys 8(4): 1–9. Reference page.
Cumming, R.T., le Tirant, S., Teemsma, S.N., Hennemann, F.H., Willemse, L. & Büscher, T.H. 2020. Lost lovers linked at long last: elusive female Nanophyllium mystery solved after a century of being placed in a different genus (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae). ZooKeys, 969: 43–84. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.969.56214 Reference page.
Cumming, R.T., Thurman, J.H., Youngdale, S. & le Tirant, S. 2020. Walaphyllium subgen. nov., the dancing leaf insects from Australia and Papua New Guinea with description of a new species (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae). ZooKeys, 939: 1–28. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.939.52071 Reference page.

Cumming, R.T., Bank, S., Bresseel, J., Constant, J., le Tirant, S., Dong, Z-W., Sonet, G. & Bradler, S. 2021. Cryptophyllium, the hidden leaf insects – descriptions of a new leaf insect genus and thirteen species from the former celebicum species group (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae). Zookeys 1018: 1–179. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1018.61033 Reference page.
Cumming, R.T. & le Tirant, S. 2021. Drawing the Excalibur bug from the stone: adding credibility to the double-edged sword hypothesis of coreid evolution (Hemiptera, Coreidae). Zookeys 1043: 117–131. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1043.67730 Reference page.
Cumming, R.T., le Tirant, S. & Büscher, T.H. 2021. Resolving a century-old case of generic mistaken identity: polyphyly of Chitoniscus sensu lato resolved with the description of the endemic New Caledonia Trolicaphyllium gen. nov. (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae). Zooeys 1055 1–41. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1055.66796 Reference page.

Cumming, R.T. & Le Tirant, S. 2022. Three new genera and one new species of leaf insect from Melanesia (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae). Zookeys 1110ː 151–200. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1110.80808 Reference page.