Storozhenkoium nymphula (Cadena-Castañeda & Quintana-Arias & Infante & Silva & Tavares, 2025)

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Quintana-Arias, Ronald Fernando, Infante, Ivette Coque, Silva, Daniela Santos Martins & Tavares, Gustavo Costa, 2025, Studies on pygmy grasshoppers: On the current Metrodorinae sensu lato classification (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with emphasis on American and Malagasy taxa, Zootaxa 5597 (1), pp. 1-265 : 242

Storozhenkoium nymphula (Bolívar, 1912), comb. nov.

( Fig. 166 , Map 16)

Ocytettix nymphula Bolívar, 1912: 265. Lectotype, here designated. Female. SEYCHELLES, Silhouette Island . Depository: NHMUK.

Remarks. This species was described based on a female and a male, although París (1994) reports many more specimens considered as syntypes, of which three males and five females are deposited in London (NHMUK), and 18 syntypes in Cambridge (DZUC). Faced with the scenario of so many specimens that could represent different species, the female deposited in London with collection code NHMUK 010924447 is selected as the lectotype ( Fig. 166 ), with the remaining specimens becoming paralectotypes. This species is recorded on both Silhouette Island (type locality and where it is sympatric with S. pupulus comb. nov.) and on Mahé Island (see OSF photos of alive specimen).

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FIGURE 166. Storozhenkoium nymphula (Bolívar, 1912) comb. nov. Female Lectotype.A. Habitus in lateral view. B. Habitus in dorsal view. C. Frons. D. Labels. Photos: J. Tumbrinck.