Choriphyllum saussurei Bolívar, 1887

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 : 7-9

Choriphyllum saussurei Bolívar, 1887

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Description. Body surface granulated; antennae shorter than length of hind femur; antennal groove situated below lower margin of compound eyes; eyes globose with flattened dorsal base; fascial carinae arcuate; interocular width of vertex between eyes (in dorsal view) is wider than vertical width one compound eye; anterior margin of pronotum rounded, slightly arcuate and with subtriangular shape over the head; pronotum leaf-like with crest uniformly elevated up to the middle of the body, from the middle to the end of the body, the median carina is undulated, posteriorly partly truncated; pronotum with parallel radiating veins highlighted only on the small foliaceous part; lateral lobes being directed downwards, close to the body.

Comments. Choriphyllum saussurei and C. sagrai are poorly known, few specimens are recorded and the holotype of the latter species was not found (John Hollier, pers. comm.). There are scarce data about C. sagrai and we consider this species name to be a nomen dubium. There are two females syntypes of C. saussurei , housed at the MHNG ( Paris 1994) ( Fig. 2 ) and another syntype at Gundlach’s collection in Cuba ( Bolívar 1887; Yong and Perez-Gelabert 2014). Bolívar (1887) only provided a general description of C. saussurei . Afterwards, Hancock (1902) presented the species as Phyllonotus saussurei , but Hancock (1907) corrected the name justifying a compilation error.

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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).