Pseudomastax brevipennis, Saussure, 1899: 647

Hollier, John, 2013, An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 4: The Acridomorpha excluding the superfamily Acridoidea, Revue suisse de Zoologie 120 (2), pp. 203-219 : 205

brevipennis Saussure, 1899: 647 [Maura].

Africa meridionalis. More than one ♀.

Two ♀ syntypes. A ♀ with labels: “Delagoa, 5427/4” [printed on rhomboid of white card]; “Maura brevipennis Sauss. ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “ LECTOTYPE, (SYNTYPE), Det. D.K.McE. Kevan, 1960 ” [handwritten on white card with “Det. D.K.McE. Kevan, 195” printed]. Specimen set with wings folded; the right front and middle legs are lost. A ♀ with labels: “Delagoa Bay, Junod” [handwritten on white paper]; “Maura brevipennis Sauss. ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “ SYNTYPE, Det. D.K.McE. Kevan, 1960 ” [handwritten on white card with “Det. D.K.McE. Kevan, 195” printed]. Specimens set with wings spread; the abdomen is rather shrivelled. The lectotype does not seem to have been formally designated. Box X15.

A junior synonym of Maura rubroornata (Stål, 1855).