Seselia patellifera ( Bolivar, 1912 )

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 : 214

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scientific name	Seselia patellifera ( Bolivar, 1912 )
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Seselia patellifera ( Bolivar, 1912) View in CoL n. gen., n. comb

( Figs 3B View FIGURE 3 , 4B View FIGURE 4 , 5B View FIGURE 5 , 6B, F, J View FIGURE 6 , 7B View FIGURE 7 , 8D–F View FIGURE 8 , 9B View FIGURE 9 , Table 3)

Seychellesia patellifera Bolívar, 1912: 287 View in CoL .

Distribution. Seychelles, Mah.

Type material. Mah, Morne Seychellois, 1905; Cascade Estate , 800 ft. or over, 1908-9; Mare aux Cochons district , about 1500 ft. or over. CUMZ (not examined) .

Other specimens examined. Seychelles, Mah , Le Niol, 140m alt., vue de nuit, 19.vii.2010, S. Hugel leg., 1 male (2010SEYSH032), MNHN-EO-ENSIF12097; same, 1 female (2010SEYSH029), MNHN-EO-ENSIF12098; same, 1 female (2010SEYSH030), MNHN-EO-ENSIF12099; same, 1 female (2010SEYSH031), MNHN- EO-ENSIF12100 ; Seychelles, Mah , Morne Blanc, 140m alt., vue de nuit, 18.vii.2010, S. Hugel leg., 1 female (2010SEYSH008), coll. SH ; Seychelles, Mah , jardin botanique, vue de jour, 16.vii.2003, S. Hugel leg., 1 female, coll. SH .

Molecular sampling. LDG 368 in Warren et al. (2019).

Emended diagnosis. In addition to generic characters. Size small for the genus ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ).

Coloration: dark sagittal stripe on face feebly contrasted ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ); white parasagittal stripe below antennae with a large dark spot extended from the dark band below the eye ( Figs 5B View FIGURE 5 , 6B View FIGURE 6 ); DD dark ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ); legs I and II with faint annulations ( Figs 3B View FIGURE 3 , 4B View FIGURE 4 ); FIII without dark patterns ( Fig. 7B View FIGURE 7 ); FWs with distinct white band at the angle between dorsal and lateral fields ( Figs 4B View FIGURE 4 , 6F View FIGURE 6 ); parasagittal white lines on abdominal tergites relatively continuous and well defined ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ). FW dorsal field with 4 longitudinal veins. Male metanotal gland as on Fig. 6J View FIGURE 6 . Male genitalia ( Fig. 8D–F View FIGURE 8 ): parameres relatively small; dorsal part of parameres forming a plate widening toward the midline; contact between pseudepiphallic sclerite and rami of medium size. Female genitalia: copulatory papilla as on Fig. 9B View FIGURE 9 .