Arphia ovaticeps, Saussure, 1888: 165 - 166

Hollier, John, 2012, 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 2: The Acrididae: Oedipodinae, Revue suisse de Zoologie 119 (2), pp. 215-260 : 245

ovaticeps Saussure, 1888: 165-166 [ Arphia ].

Colorado (Mus. de Genève). Unspecified.

One ♀ syntype with labels: “602 33” [printed on white paper]; “ Arphia ovaticeps Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “TYPE Otte 1982” [handwritten in pencil on white card]; “ Holotypus ” [printed on red card]; “Type series unspecified: treat as syntype. Hollier 2011” [handwritten on red paper]. The species name label in the insect box has the locality “ Etats-Unis ” handwritten in the lower left corner. Specimen set with wings spread; the right antenna and the tarsi of the right hind leg are lost. The type material of Arphia ovaticeps was initially identified by Saussure (1884: 68) as A. tenebrosa (Scudder, 1872) , but later recognised to represent a different species. Box V1.

A junior synonym of Arphia pseudonietana (Thomas, 1870) .