Phaloria (Papuloria) bolivari Hugel & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2021

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 : 241-243

Phaloria (Papuloria) bolivari Hugel & Desutter-Grandcolas , n. sp.

( Fig. 19D–F, J–L , Table 12)

Distribution. Seychelles, Silhouette.

Type material. Holotype. 1 male. Seychelles, Silhouette , Jardin Marron,> 400m; 5.VIII.2010; 2010 SEY SH179; S. Hugel; MNHN-ENSIF-EO12122.

Paratypes, 2 males, 1 female. 1 male; same locality, date and collector as the holotype (2010 SEY SH167), MNHN-EO-ENSIF12123 ; 1 male; same locality, date and collector as the holotype (2010SEY SH180), MNHN- EO-ENSIF12124 ; 1 female (allotype); same locality, date and collector as the holotype (2010 SEY SH181), MNHN- EO-ENSIF12125 .

0 10 20 30 40 Time (s)

39 40 41 42 43 44 45 40.6 40.8 41 41.2 41.4 Time (s)

Diagnosis. Species very close from P. (P.) insularis , from which it can be distinguished mainly by the genitalia (shape of pseudepiphallic sclerites and median lophi) and stridulatory file of the male, and the length of female ovipositor (longer than FWs) and shape of copulatory papilla.

Description. Morphology and coloration as in Phaloria (Papuloria) insularis . Hind tibia little serrulated; inner margin: no spine between apical spur and isa1, and between isa1 and isa 2 in male and female, no spine in male, 1 spine in female between isa2 and isa3, one–two spines (mean 1 in male, 1.5 in female) between isa3 and isa4, and three to nine spines (mean 5.3) in male, five to seven spines (mean six) in female above isa4; outer margin: no spine between apical spur and osa 1 in male and female, one to three (mean two) in male, two to three (mean 2.5) in female between osa1 and osa 2, three to four spines (mean 3.7 in male, mean 3.5 in female) between osa2 and osa3, three to five spines (mean four) in male, three to four spines (mean 3.5) in female between osa3 and osa4, and six to eight spines (mean seven) in male and 8 spines in females above osa4. Hind basitarsomere with three to four (mean 3.3) dorsal outer spines in male, three dorsal outer spines in female in addition to apical spine; no inner spine.

Male. Stridulatory file with 77 teeth (n=1). Harp crossed by seven oblique, parallel veins. Mirror crossed by one transverse vein, in addition to a strongly sinuate distal vein. Subgenital plate deeply furrowed along its basal 5/6 of its length.

Male genitalia. As in Phaloria (Papuloria) insularis , but pseudepiphallic median lophi thinner and distinctly concave on inner margin; greatest distance between the two lobes bigger than one lobe width. Pseudepiphallic sclerite as in Phaloria (Papuloria) insularis , but lateral lobes much thinner, due to less convex sides of pseudepiphallic sclerite. Rami and pseupiphallic parameres as in Phaloria (Papuloria) insularis . Membranous digit-shaped projections of ectophallic fold longer than in Phaloria (Papuloria) insularis .

Female. Ovipositor longer than in Phaloria (Papuloria) insularis .

Female genitalia. Copulatory papilla very small, rounded with a short membranous apex bent ventrally; very flat; with an incomplete ring-shaped sclerotization ( Fig. 19J–L ).

Figures

FIGURE 19. Phaloria (Papuloria) insularis (Bolivar, 1912) (A–C, G–I) and Phaloria (Papuloria) bolivari Hugel & Desutter- Grandcolas, n. sp. (D–F, J–L):A–F, male genitalia in dorsal (A, D), ventral (B, E) and side (C, F) views; G–L, female copulatory papilla in dorsal (G, J), ventral (H, K) and side (I, L) views, scale bar 0.1 mm.Abbreviations: see Material and methods.