Paragryllodes, Karny, 1909

Hugel, Sylvain, Warren, Ben H. & Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, 2021, The Phalangopsidae crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) of the Seychelles Archipelago: Taxonomy of an ecological radiation, Zootaxa 5047 (3), pp. 201-246 : 205

Synonymy between Paragryllodes and Seychellesia .

The genus Seychellesia Bolívar, 1912 has been proposed by Bolívar to include three species from the Seychelles: S. nitidula , S. longicercata and S. patellifera . S. nitidula is described from Silhouette, whereas S. longicercata and S. patellifera are from both Mahé and Silhouette. Otte (1994) has designated S. nitidula as the type species of the genus. Gorochov (2006) examined the syntypes of S. longicercata and S. patellifera and pointed that Bolivar has described adult specimens (with tympana) under the name S. longicercata and juveniles (without tympana) under the name S. patellifera . Gorochov (2006) designated a lectotype of S. longicercata from Silhouette and suggested that both species may be synonyms.

Chopard (1936) described Seychellesia ceylonica from Sri Lanka. This species was later transferred under Paragryllodes Karny, 1909 by Chopard (1968) and to Pseudendacustes Chopard, 1928 by Gorochov (2018a). This species is beyond the scope of the present work.

Both morphology and molecular data indicate that Seychellesia nitidula belongs to Paragryllodes Karny, 1909 . Hence, we consider that Seychellesia Bolívar, 1912 is a synonym of Paragryllodes Karny, 1909 n.syn. The new genus Seselia Hugel & Desutter-Grandcolas , n. gen. is proposed to include S. longicercata and S. patellifera . New specimens collected by SH allow specimens from Mahé and Silhouette to be differentiated and to describe two new species, Seselia matyoti Hugel & Desutter-Grandcolas , n. gen., n. sp. from La Digue and Seselia coccofessei Hugel & Desutter-Grandcolas , n. gen., n. sp. from Praslin.