Choriphyllum Serville

Silva, Daniela Santos Martins, Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Pereira, Marcelo Ribeiro, Domenico, Fernando Campos De & Sperber, Carlos Frankl, 2019, New tribes, overview and checklist of Neotropical Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tetrigidae), Insecta Mundi 723 (723), pp. 1-38 : 6

Key to species of Choriphyllum Serville (adapted from Perez-Gelabert and Otte (1999) and Gundlach (1891))

1. Posterior part of median carina slightly concave................................................................... Choriphyllum plagiatum Walker, 1871 ( Fig. 1A )

— Posterior part of median carina truncated........................................ 2

2. Median carina (general shape of pronotum) with crest uniformly elevated throughout its length, without undulations................................................................... Choriphyllum bahamensis Perez-Gelabert and Otte, 1999 ( Fig. 3 A–5A)

— Median carina (general shape of pronotum) with crest not uniformly elevated throughout its length, with undulations..................................................... 3

3. Undulations evident only on the median to posterior part of median carina............................................... Choriphyllum saussurei Bolívar, 1887 ( Fig. 2 )

— Undulations evident perpendicular to the head..................................... Choriphyllum sagrai Serville, 1838 (based on Serville (1838): plate 8, fig. 5 – drawing).

Figures

Figure 1. Choriphyllum plagiatum Walker, 1871, holotype male. A) Left lateral view. B) Frontal view. C) Labels. Photos by Josef Tumbrinck (BMNH).

Figure 2. Choriphyllum saussurei Bolívar, 1887, syntype female. A) Left lateral view with labels. B) Right lateral view with labels. Photos by John Hollier (MHNG).

Figure 3. Choriphyllum bahamensis Perez-Gelabert and Otte, 1999, holotype female. A) Left lateral view, B) Dorsal view, C) Frontal view and D) Labels. Photos by Kyle E. Schnepp (FSCA).