Phyllotettix compressus ( Thunberg, 1815 )

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 : 9-14

Phyllotettix compressus ( Thunberg, 1815)

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Description. Body surface finely rugose, pronotum leaf-like with crest elevated, with median protuber- ance backwards; antennae shorter than hind femur; antennal groove situated below lower margin of compound eyes; eyes globose with flattened dorsal base; fascial carinae arcuate; intraocular width of vertex between eyes from above wider than vertical width of one compound eye; median carina anteriorly almost truncated and posteriorly bifid; median carina with edge almost straight; pronotum without parallel radiating veins; lateral lobes being directed downwards, close to the body; fore and middle femur undulated; dorsal margin of hind femur slightly excavated on the distal portion ( Fig. 6 ).

Comments. The Phyllotettix compressus male specimen is housed at the UZIU and the author did not designate the holotype in the original description. However, following article 73.1.2 of ICZN, this specimen is the holotype fixed by monotypy. Thunberg (1815) only provided a general description of P. compressus , but here we provide a more thorough description of this species.

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Figure 6. Phyllotettix compressus (Thunberg, 1815), holotype male. A) Right view. B) Dorsal view. C) Ventral view. D) Frontal view. E) Labels. Photos by Hans Mejlon (UZIU).