Phyllotettix (Rhombotettix) plagiatus (Walker, 1871), comb. nov.

Skejo, Josip, Yong, Sheyla, Bogic, Domagoj & Kasalo, Niko, 2023, Caribbean pygmy jumping leaves (Tetrigidae, Cladonotinae, Choriphyllini), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 70 (1), pp. 129-141 : 129

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scientific name

Phyllotettix (Rhombotettix) plagiatus (Walker, 1871), comb. nov.
status

 

Phyllotettix (Rhombotettix) plagiatus (Walker, 1871), comb. nov.

Choriphyllum plagiatum Walker, 1871: 845 (original description); Thomas 1873: 245 (brief re-description); Hancock 1907: 13 (included in the catalogue); Kirby 1910.: 6 (listed in the catalogue); Silva et al. 2019: 3, 6, 7 (status of the types, re-description, included in the key, holotype photograph). Taxonomic and nomenclatural history.

Phyllonotus plagiatum Hancock, 1902: 45-46 (included in the key, brief re-description).

Type locality.

Jamaica, without specified locality ( Walker 1871).

Type specimen.

Holotype of Choriphyllum plagiatum . Jamaica • 1 ♂; BMNH. Photograph on the OSF, http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1100630.

Distribution

(Fig. 2 View Figure 2 ). The Jamaican Triangular Jumping Leaf is endemic to Jamaica, no precise localities are known.

Diagnosis

(Figs 1 View Figure 1 , 3 View Figure 3 ). Similar to Phyllotettix (Rhombotettix) rhombeus , but easily separated by the shape of the anterior and posterior margins of the pronotum, as seen in the lateral view. The most produced anterior part of the pronotum is just above the head, not the one on the dorsal margin as in R. rhombeus . The pronotal crest is triangular in shape and gradually descends from the highest point towards the posterior tip of the pronotum.

Measurements.

See Table 1 View Table 1 .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tetrigidae

Genus

Phyllotettix