Choriphyllini Cadena-Castaneda & Silva, 2019

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

Tribe Choriphyllini Cadena-Castaneda & Silva, 2019

Type genus.

Choriphyllum Serville, 1838, type species C. sagrai Serville, 1838.

Composition and distribution

(Figs 1 , 2 ). Two genera; Phyllotettix with four species endemic to Jamaica and Choriphyllum with three species endemic to Cuba and one species endemic to the Bahamas. The genus Phyllotettix is herewith divided into two subgenera (nominotypical Phyllotettix Phyllotettix and new Phyllotettix Rhombotettix subgen. nov.).

Figures

Figure 1. Diversity of the Caribbean Pygmy Jumping Leaves, tribe Choriphyllini, genera Choriphyllum and Phyllotettix. All the specimens with available photographs are shown, representing the first variability assessment for the species of these genera. The scale bar represents 5 millimetres.

Figure 2. Biogeography of the Caribbean Jumping Leaves (Cladonotinae, Choriphyllini). Biogeographic data of the tribe Choriphyllini is scarce. The distribution map of the six species belonging to this leaf-like tribe has the distribution of three species missing, as no localities are known.