Original description:
Phyllodromia kumamotonis
Shiraki 1931
A small,
brownish species, distinguished by transparent tegmina and lateral
borders of pronotum, and by broadly black-margined ventral sides
of abdomen. Allied to vilis, but differs in only three branches
of the ulnar vein of wings and in the non-sinuate supra-anal lamina
of female. ♀. Vertex not entirely covered by pronotum,
with two dark brown transverse bands, one between the eyes and the
other between the upper bases of antennae; pronotum slightly convex
behind; abdomen irregularly maculate, with a dark brown color on
the dorsum; the ventre with a very large black spot on the lateral
margins of sternites, this spot not extending to the lateral extremities
and to the posterior margin of sternites; supra-anal lamina blackish
brown with a yellow large median spot, rather transverse, moderately
rounded behind, the posterior margin furnished with a row of some
short yellow bristles; subgenital lamina large, strongly convex
and the apex moderately depressed from side to side; cerci brown,
with the tip yellowish. Legs light yellowish, femora moderately
spined beneath. Tegmina semitransparent, light yellow, with distinctly
transparent scapular area. Wings an indistinct apical area; scapular
vein bifurcate, the extremities distinctly swollen; costal veins
9, of which the basal 5 are strongly swollen at their extremities,
and the apical 3 are furcate; ulnar vein with only 3 branches; somewhat
brownish, with the swollen extremities of veins reddish brown. Length:
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♀
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Body
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9 ㎜
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Pronotum
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2.5
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(width)
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3.5
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Tegmina
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7.5
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Post.
femur
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2.3
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Post.
tibia
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3
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Post.
tarsus
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ca. 3
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Hab.:
Japan-Kumamoto (VIII). The male is not known. Type
in the Entomological Museum of Government Research Institute, Taihoku,
Formosa.
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