New and little-known species of the genus Falconius Bolívar, 1898 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae)
Storozhenko S.Y. 1
Year: 2026, Number: 554, Pages: 11-18
Falconius leleji Storozhenko, sp. n. is described and illustrated from Sumatra Island. The new species is most similar to F. bogor Storozhenko, 2020 from Java Island but differs from latter by shape of subgenital plate and short ovipositor. The hitherto unknown female of F. becvari (Buzzeti et Devriese, 2008) is described and F. annuliconus Liang, 2020 is recorded from Vietnam for the first time.
DOI: 10.25221/fee.554.2
Keywords: Scelimeninae, taxonomy, new species, distribution, Indonesia, Vietnam,
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