Phalangacris Bolivar, 1895

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 : 234

Key to species of Phalangacris Bolivar, 1895

1. Small (body <16 mm, FIII length 14 mm) (Cousin island)................. Phalangacris phaloricephala Gorochov, 2006

1’. Much larger (body> 19 mm, FIII length> 20 mm) (other islands)...............................................2.

2(1). FW inner margin bordered with a wide band covered with light setae starting near the pronotum (Mah, La Digue)......... 3

2’. FW inner margin bordered with a narrow band covered with light setae starting near FW mid length (Praslin)............................................................... Phalangacris ferlegro Hugel & Desutter-Grandcolas , n. sp.

3(2). FW shorter and thinner, triangular in shape ( Fig. 14I ) (La Digue)................................................................................................... Phalangacris sotsote Hugel & Desutter-Grandcolas , n. sp.

3’. FW distinctly wider and more squared ( Fig. 14G ) (Mah)......................... Phalangacris alluaudi Bolivar, 1895 .

Figures

FIGURE 14. Phalangacris Bolivar, 1912, A–C, face coloration; D–F, males in side view; G–I, male left forewing in dorsal view, in:A, D, G Phalangacris alluaudi Bolivar, 1912, specimen MNHN-EO-ENSIF2957; B, E, H Phalangacris ferlegro Hugel & Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp., specimen MNHN-EO-ENSIF12117; C, F, I Phalangacris sotsote Hugel & Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp., specimen MNHN-EO-ENSIF12121. Scale bars 1 mm.