Conocephalus brevipennis, Redtenbacher, 1891: 425

Hollier, John, 2012, An annotated catalogue of the type material of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Josef Redtenbacher deposited in the collections of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Revue suisse de Zoologie 119 (1), pp. 3-25 : 8

brevipennis Redtenbacher, 1891: 425 [ Conocephalus ].

Ostindia (coll. Brunner & Mus. Genf); Himalaya (Mus. Genf). One ♁ without hind legs and more than one ♀ .

One ♁ and three ♀ syntypes. A ♁ with labels: “Himalaja, Mr Hy de Sauss. ” [printed on white paper]; “ Conocephalus brevipennis Redtb. ” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “Musée de Genève, No 248” [number handwritten on printed white card]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings roughly spread; both hind legs are missing. A ♀ with labels: “Himalaja, Mr Hy de Sauss. ” [printed on white paper]; “ Conocephalus brevipennis Redtb. ” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; most of both antennae are missing. A ♀ with labels: “Indes or., 72.” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Conocephalus brevipennis Redtb. ” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded; most of the left antenna is missing. A ♀ with labels: “Indes or., 72.” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Conocephalus brevipennis Redtb. ” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded; the hind wings are somewhat wrinkled and most of both antennae is lost. There is also an immature ♀ labelled “Indes or.” which may also be a syntype. Images on OSF. Box F 13 .

A junior synonym of Ruspolia interruptus (Walker, 1869) .