Melanoplus sumichrasti, Saussure, 1861 a: 313 - 314

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 3: The Acridoidea excluding the Acrididae: Oedipodinae, Revue suisse de Zoologie 119 (3), pp. 303-339 : 331

sumichrasti Saussure, 1861a: 313-314 [ Truxalis ].

Mexico temporata. Unspecified (only ♀ mentioned) .

Two Ƌ and one ♀ syntype. A Ƌ with labels: “Orizaba, Mr H de Saussure” [handwritten on white paper]; “Saussure, Type” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Achurum sumichrasti Sauss. ” [handwritten on white paper]; “Musée de Genève, No 7” [printed on white card with numeral added by hand]; “ Truxalis sumichrasti Sauss. , Typus, C S Carbonell 1970” [handwritten by Carbonell on red card]. Specimen set with wings folded; the left antenna and left front leg are lost. There is damage to the base of the abdomen. A Ƌ with labels: “Orizaba, Mr H de Saussure” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Achurum sumichrasti Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; the right front leg and left hind leg are lost. There is damage to the base of the abdomen. A ♀ with labels: “Mexiq.” [printed on white card]; “ Truxalis sumichrasti Sss , Type” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Holotypus, Truxalis sumichrasti Sauss. ” [handwritten by T. Hubbell on red card with “ Holotypus ” printed]; “ Syntype not holotype! Hollier 2011” [handwritten on red paper]. Specimen set with right wings spread and left wings folded; the tarsi of the right front leg, the tarsi of both middle legs and the left hind leg are missing. There is another Ƌ without a locality label under this name which may also be a syntype. The measurements given in the original description match the ♀, but the other specimens were obviously in Saussure’s possession when it was written and Carbonell considers them part of the type series (pers. comm.). Otte (1981: 231) states that the ♀ holotype is in the NHMW, but this is obviously a lapse. Images on OSF. Box U7 .

Achurum sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) .