Xerapelpa franjevici 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 : 357

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a18
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:43A922B8-C337-4390-9F90-68B0E922BA42
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15762282
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2A1B87A0-941B-FFCA-88A7-A80DFBD9FB7C
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Xerapelpa franjevici Kasalo & Skejo
status	sp. nov.

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Xerapelpa franjevici Kasalo & Skejo , n. sp.

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TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. New Caledonia • 1 ♀ holotype; Forêt Thy Reserve ; 22°11’5”S, 166°32’13”E; 150 m a.s.l.; 21.V.1984; Monteith, Cook leg.; MNHN-EO-CAELIF11315. GoogleMaps

Paratype. New Caledonia • 1 ♀; Forêt Thy Reserve ; 22°11’5”S, 166°32’13”E; 150 m a.s.l.; 21.V.1984; Monteith, Cook leg.; QM Reg. No. T 258450 GoogleMaps .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Province Sud, Forêt Thy Reserve, 150 m.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia • 2 ♀; Mt Koghis ; 22°10’37”S, 166°30’28”E; 500 m a.s.l.; 27.I.2002; Monteith leg; pyrethrum, hand collecting; QM GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — The extreme south of New Caledonia.

HABITAT. — Found at night in humid forests, on decomposing tree trunks on the ground.

ETYMOLOGY. — Named for Dr Damjan Franjević, the professor at the Department of Biology at the University of Zagreb, who has continuously provided immense inspiration and support to NK and JS.

DIAGNOSIS. — Antennae filiform, composed of 13 visible segments. Segments 5-6 with medium-long protrusions at their apices. Median carina distinct and elevated throughout its length, forming moderate elevation above lateral lobes. Third tarsal segment not significantly expanded.