Choriphyllum (sagrai) sagrai 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

Choriphyllum (sagrai) sagrai Serville, 1838

Choriphyllum sagrai Serville, 1838: 755 (description, type locality Cuba, holotype drawing). Taxonomic and nomenclatural history.

Hymenotes sagrai Serville; Westwood 1839: 493-494 ( Serville’s description and drawing).

Hymenotes sagrai Westw.; Scudder 1869: 41 (listed in the catalogue);

Hymenotes sagrae Serville; Stål 1873: 154 (comparison with Hymenotes compressus Thunb.).

Choriphyllum sagrae Serv.; Bolívar 1887: 203 (re-description, listed in the catalogue); Bolívar 1888: 146 (listed in the catalogue); Gundlach 1891: 346 (re-description and new records, "He cogido esta especie en Rangel (Vuelta Abajo)").

Phyllonotus sagrai Serv.; Hancock 1902a: 45 (included in the key, re-description provided).

Choriphyllum sagrai Serville; Hancock 1907: 12 (listed in the catalogue); Otte 1997: 14 (listed in the catalogue); Yong and Perez-Gelabert 2014a: 406 (listed in the checklist); Yong and Perez-Gelabert 2014b: 131 (listed in the catalogue); Silva et al. 2019: 4, 6-9 (types not found, regarded as nomen dubium, but listed as valid in the key).

Type locality.

Cuba, without specified location ( Serville 1838).

Type specimens.

Type specimen likely deposited at MNHN but has not been found yet. Holotype of Choriphyllum sagrai known from Serville’s (1838) drawing (Figs 1 , 3 silhouette), which undoubtedly shows a species found and photographed in Cuba by Sheyla Yong (Fig. 1 );

Other specimens.

Cuba • 3 ♀; Pinar del Río Province, Viñales Municipality; 22 May 2015; R. Teruel and T. M. Rodríguez-Cabrera leg.; SY. (Figs 1 , 6 , individuals in natural environment)

Cuba • 1♀ Gundlach leg.; MNHNC.

Cuba • 3 ♀; Artemisa Province, Sierra del Rosario, Rancho Mundito; 4 Jun 1947; F. de Zayas and J. Ferrás leg.; FZ.

Cuba • 1; Pinar del Río Province, Guane Municipality, Paredones; Aug 1969; F. de Zayas leg.; FZ.

Cuba • 4♀, 3♂, 1; Artemisa Province, Sierra Rangel; Jul-Aug 1930; Hermano Roberto leg.; on leaf litter in coffee plantation; IES.

Cuba • 1♂; Artemisa Province, Sierra Rangel, las Ánimas; 1,500 ft. (457 m) a.s.l.; May. 1933; Bruner and Otero leg.; IES.

Cuba • 1; Artemisa Province, Sierra Rangel; 5 Sep 1934; Bruner and Otero leg.; IES.

Cuba • 1♀; Artemisa Province, San Cristóbal Municipality, Aspiro; Mar 1955; P. Alayo leg.; IES.

Distribution

(Fig. 2 ). The Old Cuban Dancing Leaf inhabits Cuba, where it was found in several localities (Aspiro, Sierra Rangel, Sendero las Maravillas and Paredones) ( Gundlach 1891, this study). This species is endemic from the westernmost Cuba.

Diagnosis

(Figs 1 , 3 , 7 ). The highest region of the pronotal crest is rounded (shaped as a slanted plateau, more angular in C. wallaceum sp. nov.). Anterior to the highest point, with a long, but shallow depression (with very low undulations in C. wallaceum sp. nov.). Posterior to the highest point, the crest with a well-expressed convexity, semicircular (sloping down in an almost straight fashion in C. wallaceum sp. nov., with weak undulations). Legs are generally smoother than in C. wallaceum sp. nov.

Comments.

The identity of the species is not questionable (See Figs 1 - 3 , 7 ).

Measurements.

See Table 1 .

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.

Figure 6. The evidence of synonymy of Choriphyllum westwoodi Hancock, 1902 a with Phyllotettix rhombeus (Felton, 1965); A. Felton's (1765) original drawing of Cicada rhombea; B. Felton's and Westwood's drawings of specimens of Phyllotettix rhombeus overlapped, showing they are almost identical; C. Westwood's (1839) drawing of a new record of Hymenotes rhombea; D. Hancock's (1902 a) establishment of the name " Choriphyllum westwoodi "; E. Hancock's (1902 a) drawing of Choriphyllum westwoodi can be regarded as type specimen designation. All specimens undoubtedly show Phyllotettix rhombeus (see Figs 1 - 3 for comparison).

Figure 7. Old Cuban Dancing Leaf (Choriphyllum sagrai Serville, 1838) in the natural environment amongst the leaf-litter in Cuba, photograph Sheyla Yong.