Subgenus Phyllotettix Hancock, 1902b

Type species.

Acrydium compressum Thunberg, 1815

Composition and distribution

(Figs 1, 2). The nominotypical subgenus includes only two species, P. compressus (Thunberg, 1815) and P. foliatus (Hancock, 1902a). These two species are very similar and may represent (subspecies of) a single species. The two species are endemic to Jamaica.

Diagnosis

(Figs 1, 3). In lateral view, the posterior margin of the pronotal crest is excised and/or convex (in Rhombotettix Rhombotettix subgen. nov., it is obliquely projected and undulated); the pronotum caudally barely reaches the hind knees (reaching behind the hind knees in Rhombotettix Rhombotettix subgen. nov.).