Choriphyllum Serville, 1838

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

Genus Choriphyllum Serville, 1838

Chloriphyllum = Chloriphyllum Scudder, 1869.

Chorophyllum = Chorophyllum Fieber, 1845.

Type species.

Choriphyllum sagrai Serville, 1838.

Composition and distribution

(Figs 1 , 2 ). The genus Choriphyllum contains four species. Choriphyllum bahamense Perez-Gelabert & Otte, 1999 is endemic to the Bahamas (Hummingbird Cay Island), while C. sagrai Serville, 1838, C. wallaceum sp. nov. and C. saussurei Bolívar, 1887 are found only in Cuba.

Diagnosis

(Figs 1 , 3 ). The anterior margin of the pronotum is smooth (undulated in Phyllotettix ). The capital sinus is long, deep and narrow. The highest point of the pronotum is before the middle or in the middle of the pronotum length (behind the middle in Phyllotettix ). Apex of the pronotum strongly truncated (oblique in Phyllotettix (Rhombotettix) subgen. nov. or sharp in Phyllotettix (Phyllotettix) members).

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.

Figure 3. Annotated schematic pictorial key to genera and species of Choriphyllini. Specimens are not to scale; for size comparison see Fig. 1. The red line shows the position of the highest point of the pronotal crest. The blue arrow points to the anterior margin of the pronotum; the green arrow points to the posterior pronotal tip; and the purple arrow points to the caudal margin of the pronotal crest. Shown are silhouettes of the type specimens of each species. For C. sagrai, shown is the silhouette of Serville's (1838) drawing of the holotype. The capital sinus is marked in red and pointed out in grey.