Hyperyboella manautei Kasalo & Skejo 2025, n. sp.

Hyperyboella manautei Kasalo & Skejo, n. sp. (Figs 9; 10) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: EA3FEABE-3E4D-4403-9DF5-16A383CF4C5C TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. New Caledonia • 1 ♀; Mt Panié; 20°34’12”S, 164°46’26”E; 1300-1600 m a.s.l.; 14-16.V.1984; Monteith, Cook leg.; MNHN-EO-CAELIF11321 Paratypes. New Caledonia • 1 ♂; Mt Panié; 20°34’12”S, 164°46’26”E; 1300-1600 m a.s.l.; 14-16.V.1984; Monteith, Cook leg.; QM Reg.No. T258437 • 1 ♀; Mt Panié; 20°34’12”S, 164°46’26”E; 1300-1600 m a.s.l.; 14-16.V.1984; Monteith, Cook leg.; QM Reg. No. T258438. TYPE LOCALITY. — Province Nord, Mt Panié, 1300-1600 m. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia • 12 ♀, 3 ♂, 6 N; Mt Panié; 20°34’12”S, 164°46’26”E; 1300-1600 m a.s.l.; 14-16.V.1984; Monteith, Cook leg.; QM • 2 N; Mt Panié; 20°34’12”S, 164°46’26”E; 950 m a.s.l.; 16.V.1984.; Monteith, Cook leg.; QM • 3 ♂, 1 N; Mt Panié; 20°34’12”S, 164°46’26”E; 1300 m a.s.l.; 16-18.XI.2000; Bouchard, Burwell, Monteith leg.; QM • 1♂; Mt Panié; 20°34’12”S, 164°46’26”E; 1300 m a.s.l.; 3.XI.1968; Raven leg.; QM • 2 ♀, 3 ♂, 6 N; Me Maoya camp; 21°21’57”S, 165°19’58”E; 1150 m a.s.l.; 11- 12.XI.2002; Burwell, Monteith, Wright leg.; night collecting; QM. DIAGNOSIS. — Extremely large. Anterior margin of pronotum in form of long spine, protruding far past anterior level of eyes. Median carina distinct and elevated throughout its length, moderately lowering past base of hind femora; forming leaf-like crest which is highest above widest part of infrascapular area. In lateral view, the anterior portion of median carina straight. Pronotal apex wide, moderately bilobate. Atlas of New Caledonian Tetrigidae DISTRIBUTION. — Sparsely distributed in the northern half of New Caledonia. ETYMOLOGY. — The largest tetrigid in New Caledonia is named for Joseph Manaute, Minister for the Environment in New Caledonia, who, as an official in the National Parks Department, gave much help and support to Queensland Museum expeditions to New Caledonia between 2000 and 2008. The specific epithet is a Latinized noun in genitive. REMARK This species is for now known only from high altitudes, from around 1000 m a.s.l. upward.