Species

Phyllotettix (Rhombotettix) rhombeus (Felton, 1765)

Jamaican Colossal Jumping Leaf

CollectionObject 1534260; 1f3bbcdf-ac0d-4ce7-b96f-bc09475e0686, NHMUK010924391: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1534260; 1f3bbcdf-ac0d-4ce7-b96f-bc09475e0686, NHMUK010924391: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1534260; 1f3bbcdf-ac0d-4ce7-b96f-bc09475e0686, NHMUK010924391: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1534260; 1f3bbcdf-ac0d-4ce7-b96f-bc09475e0686, NHMUK010924391: female, hind femur (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1534260; 1f3bbcdf-ac0d-4ce7-b96f-bc09475e0686, NHMUK010924391: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (16)

Cicada rhombea Felton, 1765: 55.
Holotype; female; NHMUK010924391; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Jamaica
Cicada rhombea Felton, 1765 in Linnaeus, 1767: 704.
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Phyllotettix (Rhombotettix) rhombeus (Felton, 1765) in Skejo, Yong, Bogić & Kasalo, 2023: 137.
Phyllotettix (Rhombotettix) rhombeus (Felton, 1765) in Tumbrinck, 2026: 431.

References (16)

Bolívar, I. (1887) Essai sur les Acridiens de la tribu des Tettigidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 31, 175–313. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44636#page/675/mode/1up
Bruner, L. (1910) South American Tetrigidae. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 7, 89–143. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38116#page/151/mode/1up
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de Haan, W. (1843) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Orthoptera. In Temminck [Ed.] Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen: Vol. 19/20. In commissie bij S. en J. Luchtmans, en C.C. van der Hoek, Leiden. 165–228 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/200624#page/647/mode/1up

Fabricius, J.C. (1775) Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae, in officina libraria Kortii, 832 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/82400

Felton, S. (1765) An account of a singular species of wasp and locust: By Samuel Felton, Esq; F. R. S. in a Letter to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 54, 53–56. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207886#page/85/mode/1up

Günther, K. (1938) Revision der Acrydiinae, I. Sectiones Tripetalocerae, Discotettigiae, Lophotettigiae, Cleostrateae, Bufonidae, Cladonotae, Scelimenae verae. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 23, 299–437.

Hancock, J.L. (1902) Tettigidae of North America. Chicago, 188 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25899

Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660

Linnaeus, C. (1767) Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae: Vol. 1, pt. 2. 1327 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137240#page/5/mode/1up

Silva, D.S.M., Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., Pereira, M.R., de Domenico, F.C. & Sperber, C.F. (2019) New tribes, overview and checklist of Neotropical Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tetrigidae). Insecta Mundi, 723, 1–38. Available at https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/115769

Skejo, J., Yong, S., Bogić, D. & Kasalo, N. (2023) Caribbean pygmy jumping leaves (Tetrigidae, Cladonotinae, Choriphyllini). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 70(1), 129–141. Available at http://dez.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=98982

Steinmann, H. (1969) The Tetricidae of the Neogaea. Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 22(19), 383–404.

Thomas, C. (1873) Part II: Acrididae of North America not found in the United States. In Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. 5, pp. 191–262. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18502#page/207/mode/1up

Tumbrinck, J. (2026) Review of all Tetrigidae species described from 1758 to 1886. Zootaxa, 5845(3), 401–455. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5845.3.1

Westwood, J.O. (1837) Characters of new insects from Manila. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 5, 127–130. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96163#page/299/mode/1up
Westwood, J.O. (1839) On Hymenotes, a genus of exotic orthopterous insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 3, 489–495. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/newsmagazineofna03londuoft/

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	8	9