New tribes, overview and checklist of Neotropical Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tetrigidae)
Author
Silva, Daniela Santos Martins
Author
Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J.
Author
Pereira, Marcelo Ribeiro
Author
Domenico, Fernando Campos De
Author
Sperber, Carlos Frankl
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Insecta Mundi
2019
2019-08-30
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10.5281/zenodo.3674939
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1942-1354
3674939
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Phyllotettix rhombeus
(
Felton, 1765
)
Fig. 7
Description.
Body surface finely rugose, pronotum leaf-like with crest elevated, with median undu- lated protuberance backwards; antennal groove situated below lower margin of compound eyes; eyes globose with flattened dorsal base; intra-ocular width of vertex between eyes from above is wider than vertical width of one compound eye; median carina anteriorly undulated and subtriangular, posteriorly undulated and rounded; pronotum with parallel radiating veins of higher caliber and small veins with smaller caliber throughout pronotum; lateral lobes being directed downwards, close to the body; fore and middle femora undulated; dorsal margin of hind femur excavated on distal portion (
Fig. 7
).
Comments.
Phyllotettix rhombeus
(
Fig. 7
) was mentioned in the early studies as
Cicada rhombea
and
Membracis rhombea
(
Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha
) by
Felton (1765)
,
Linnaeus (1767)
and
Fabricius (1775)
, until
Westwood (1837)
allocated this taxon to a genus of
Orthoptera (
Cigliano et al. 2018
)
. This species did not have a diagnosis and the author did not designate the
holotype
in the original description. However, following the ICZN’s recommendation, this specimen is the
holotype
fixed by monotypy.