Phalangacris ferlegro Hugel and Desutter-Grandcolas 2021, n. sp.
Creators: name: Hugel, Sylvain
name: Warren, Ben H.
name: Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Phalangopsidae
Phalangacris
Phalangacris ferlegro

description: Phalangacris ferlegro Hugel and Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp.   
(Figs 1F, 13B, 14B, E, H, 15B, D, E, 16D–F, Table 8)  
 Type locality. Seychelles, Praslin.   
 Type material. Holotype. 1 male, Seychelles, Praslin Parc National, Vallée de Mai, Vue de nuit, 24.vii.2010, S. Hugel leg. (2010SEY080), MNHN-EO-ENSIF12117.   
 Paratypes, 1♂, 2 ♀. Same as holotype, 1 ♀ (allotype), (2010SEY079), MNHN-EO-ENSIF12118; same as holotype, 1♂ (2010SEY078), 1 ♀ (2010SEYSH081), S. Hugel leg., coll.   
 Non type material. Same as holotype (2010SEY082, subadult male), MNHN (MNHN-EO-ENSIF12119); Seychelles, Praslin Parc National, Glacis Noir, Vue de nuit, 22.vii.2010, S. Hugel leg. (2010SEY067, very young juvenile) MNHN (MNHN-EO-ENSIF12120).   
 Molecular sampling. LDG 371 (Warren et al. 2019)   
 Etymology. Species named after the Creole expression “fer le gro”, meaning “showing off”, in relation to the large size of the cricket. Noun in apposition.   
 Diagnosis. In addition to generic characters. Size large for the genus (Body L ≥ 20 mm). Coloration: on the face (Fig. 14B), a faint brown longitudinal line under each antennal pit, prolonged on the mandibles; a brown, faint longitudinal median line, fading near preclypeus; a brown faint longitudinal line below the eyes. Male FW large for the genus, exceeding the middle of abdominal tergite 1; weakly narrowing toward apex (Fig. 14H); covering sides of metanotum (Fig. 14E)   
 Description. In addition to the characters of the genus:   
Fastigium with small black tubercle posterior to median ocellus. TIII inner serrulation: no spine before isa1; no spine between isa1 and isa2; 3–5 spines between isa2 and isa3, in both male and female; 4–6 spines between isa3 and isa4; 23–24 in males, 15–19 in females, above isa4. TIII outer serrulation: no spine before osa 1 in both male and female; 2–3 spines in males and females, between osa1 and osa2; 5–6 spines in males and females, between osa2 and osa3; 7 spines in males and females, between osa3 and osa4; 18–21 spines in male, 15–17 spines in female, above osa4. Basitarsomeres III without dorsal inner spine in both male and female; with 7 in male, 3–5 in female, dorsal outer spines, in addition to apical spines.  
 Coloration (from male holotype and female allotype). Head light brown with dark brown patterns (Fig 14B, E): on the face (Fig. 14B), a faint brown longitudinal line under each antennal pit, prolonged on the mandibles; a brown, faint longitudinal median line, fading near preclypeus; a brown faint longitudinal line below the eyes. Cheeks brown in posterior half (Fig. 14E). Maxillary palpi: articles 1 and 2 light brown; article 3–5 darker near apices. Sockets white dorsally. Vertex and occiput with four weakly distinct longitudinal dark lines. Fastigium brown between ocelli; ocelli white. Scapes yellow with black spots on inner side; antennae brown; apical margins of basal articles yellowish, flagellum otherwise light brown. LL brown with a dark pattern on posterior margin and lighter anterior margin (Fig. 14E); DD brown with light patterns (Fig. 13B). Abdomen spotted light and dark brown (Fig. 13B); cerci light brown with darker apex. Legs light and dark brown, with dark rings and stripes: FI with three incomplete dark rings and dark lower margins; TI brown with two small yellow rings, one median and one below the knee; FII as FI; TII as TI; FIII striated with dark brown on outer side and with three dark rings in filiform part, including one apical on the knee (Fig. 15B); TIII as TI and TII, but with five dark rings; spurs yellow with black tip. Basitarsomeres brown with lighter base; tarsomeres 2 light brown; tarsomeres 3 brown.   
 Male. FW in males exceeding the middle of abdominal tergite 1 (Fig. 14H).; weakly narrowing toward apex (Fig. 14H); covering sides of metanotum (Fig. 14E).   
 Male genitalia. As on figure 16D–F.   
 Female. Ovipositor straight, shorter than FIII, without terminal enlargement (Fig. 15D).   
 Female genitalia. Copulatory papilla sclerotized, not forming a closed chamber (Fig. 15E).
description: Published as part of Hugel, Sylvain, Warren, Ben H. & Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, 2021, The Phalangopsidae crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) of the Seychelles Archipelago: Taxonomy of an ecological radiation, pp. 201-246 in Zootaxa 5047 (3) on pages 229-231, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5047.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5540765