Hyperyboella adoptata Kasalo & Skejo, 2025

Damien, Niko Kasalo, Laure, Damien Brouste, Christophe, Laure Desutter-Grandcolas, Domagoj, Christophe Hervé, Josip, Domagoj Bogić & Skejo, Josip, 2025, Atlas of New Caledonian Tetrigidae with preliminary suprageneric classification of Batrachideinae, Zoosystema 47 (18), pp. 327-397 : 334

Hyperyboella adoptata Kasalo & Skejo , n. sp.

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TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. New Caledonia • 1 ♀; Table Unio road; 21°33’57”S, 165°45’57”E; 600 m a.s.l.; 14.XI.2000; Bouchard, Burwell, Monteith leg.; MNHN-EO-CAELIF11320 .

Paratype. New Caledonia • 1 ♂; Table Unio road; 21°33’57”S, 165°45’57”E; 600 m a.s.l.; 14.XI.2000; Bouchard, Burwell, Monteith leg.; QM Reg. No. T258436 .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Table Unio road.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia • 1 N; 8 km NW Col d’Amieu; 21°31’11”S, 165°46’48”E; 515 m a.s.l.; 8.V.2008; T. Robillard, F. Muller leg.; MNHN-EO-CAELIF10871 • 1♀; Mt Panié , Roches de la Wayem ; 20°38’23”S, 164°52’17”E; 600 m a.s.l.; 1-6. XI.2010; F. Legendre leg.; MNHN-EO-CAELIF10865 .

DIAGNOSIS. — Moderately sized. Anterior margin of pronotum in form of spine, protruding a little past anterior level of eyes. Median carina distinct and elevated throughout its length; very low past base of hind femora. Pronotal crest somewhat foliaceus, highest part above ventral sinus. In lateral view, the anterior portion of median carina straight. Pronotal apex wide.

DISTRIBUTION. — Dispersed mostly across the southern half of New Caledonia.

HABITAT. — Found at night in humid forests, generally on living trees with smooth bark, 1 m to 2 m high.

ETYMOLOGY. — The specific epithet is the perfect passive participle of the Latin verb adoptō, meaning “chosen” or “adopted”. The name contrasts with the orphan Hyboella , H. orphania .

Figures

FIG. 6. — Hyperyboella adoptata Kasalo & Skejo n. sp., holotype female: A, frontal view; B, lateral view; C, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm. Photo: N. Kasalo.

FIG. 7. — Hyperyboella adoptata Kasalo & Skejo n. sp., male paratype:A, frontal view; B, antenna; C, mid femur;D, lateral view; E, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm. Photo: N. Kasalo.

FIG. 8. — Hyperyboella adoptata Kasalo & Skejo n. sp. male in natural habitat, Mt Do. Photo: D. Brouste.