A new species of Choriphyllum Serville (Orthoptera : Tetrigidae : Cladonotinae) from the Bahamas

Authors
Perez-Gelabert, DE Otte, D
Citation
De. Perez-gelabert et D. Otte, A new species of Choriphyllum Serville (Orthoptera : Tetrigidae : Cladonotinae) from the Bahamas, T AM ENT S, 125(4), 1999, pp. 453-458
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
ISSN journal
00028320 → ACNP
Volume
125
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
453 - 458
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8320(199912)125:4<453:ANSOCS>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Choriphyllum bahamensis n. sp. is described from a small cay near Great Exu ma island, Bahamas. This is the first record of a West Indian Cladonotinae with a leaf-like pronotum outside of Cuba and Jamaica. Moreover, it is the only known example among West Indian Cladonotinae of a species not living i n humid mountain forests.