Phanerocerus testudo, Saussure, 1888 a: 97 - 98

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 : 332-333

testudo Saussure, 1888a: 97-98 , fig. 9 [ Phanerocerus ].

Australia meridionalis. Unspecified number of Ƌ and ♀ .

One Ƌ and one ♀ syntype. A Ƌ with labels: “603 34, South Australia (28)” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Phanerocerus testudo Sss, N. Holl. ” [handwritten on lilac paper]; “ Phanerocerus testudo Sauss. ” [handwritten on lilac paper]; “ Lectotype of Phanerocerus testudo Sauss., 1888 . Selected by K. H. L. Key, 1958” [handwritten by Key on white card]. The specimen lacks most of the left antenna, both front legs and the left middle leg. A ♀ with labels: “603 34, South Australia (28)” [handwritten on white paper]; “281” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Phanerocerus testudo Sss, N. Holl. ” [handwritten on lilac paper]; “ Phanerocerus testudo Sauss. ” [handwritten on lilac paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. The specimen lacks the tarsi of the left front and middle legs, and the entire right hind leg. The lectotype does not seem to have been formally designated. Box V33 .

Phanerocerus testudo Saussure, 1888 .