Arachnopsita cavicola, Saussure, 1897: 251

Hollier, John, Bruckner, Harald & Heads, Sam W., 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 5: Grylloidea, Revue suisse de Zoologie 120 (3), pp. 445-535 : 468

cavicola Saussure, 1897: 251 [Arachnomimus].

Guatemala, Cave of Lanquin in Vera Paz (Champion). One ♀ nymph .

The MHNG collection contains an immature specimen with the labels: “Lanquin, Vera Paz, Champion” [printed on white card]; “Arachnomimus cavicola Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Type of A. cavicola Sauss. ? Hollier 2011 ” [handwritten on red paper]. The specimen lacks most of the left antenna and the right middle leg. The ovipositor, if there was one, is missing. The status of this specimen is enigmatic because Saussure stated that there was only one immature ♀ and although the locality and collector of the specimen in the MHNG collection correspond with the description, the BMNH online database states that the type material is in their collection. Desutter-Grandcolas (1993: 37) refers to the ♀ type as being in the MHNG but states that she did not study it. Box A 19 .

Arachnopsita cavicola ( Saussure, 1897) .