Choriphyllini, 2009

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 : 5

Choriphyllini Cadena-Castañeda and Silva, n. trib.

Diagnosis. Choriphyllini n. trib. is distinguished from Xerophyllini Günther, 1979 (the only tribe established for Cladonotinae until this moment) by the absence of spiny protuberances in the face and/ or body; posterior edge of the pronotum in the Xerophyllini and other unclassified Cladonotinae with high pronotal crest rounded, in contrast to the Choriphyllini n. trib., that have it truncated; middle femur not flattened or foliaceous, without lappets and with tegmina and wings absent.

Description. Body flattened laterally, head prominent, vertex round and without prolongation, supra- ocular lobe and transversal carina not developed; fascial carinae rounded and extending moderately towards the front (in lateral view) or widely divergent (in frontal view); antennal groove situated below lower margin of compound eyes and with 14 to 15 segments. Pronotum crest high, leaf-like, with variable shape of edge; marked by leaf-like veins and granulose; anterior margin of the pronotum extending over the head with rounded or almost truncated shape; posterior margin of the pronotum rounded, with truncated or bifid shape, covering the apex of the abdomen; lateral lobes directed downwards, close to the body; broad infrascapular area; tegmina and wings absent; fore and middle femur undulated, hind femur robust, flattened laterally or with dorsal margin excavated on distal portion; lappets and antegenicular tooth undeveloped; first article of posterior tarsi longer than third.

Type genus. Choriphyllum Serville, 1838

Included genera. Choriphyllum Serville, 1838 and Phyllotettix Hancock, 1902 .

Distribution. Cuba, Jamaica and Bahamas ( Hancock 1902, 1907; Perez-Gelabert et al. 1998; Perez- Gelabert and Otte 1999; Perez-Gelabert 2003; Cigliano et al. 2018).