Modicogryllus algirius, Saussure, 1877: 191 - 192

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 : 450

algirius Saussure, 1877: 191-192 , fig. xi, 5 [ Gryllus ].

Algerie, Boutaleb au sud de Sétif; L’Asie Mineure, Amasia ; (Turkestan). More than one Ƌ and ♀ .

One Ƌ and three ♀ syntypes. A Ƌ with labels: “ Ƌ Amasia, Asie min. [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ Gryllus algirius Sauss. ” [handwritten on blue paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Most of the left antenna, the left front and middle legs, the tarsi of the right middle leg and the last tarsal segment of the left hind leg are missing. A ♀ with labels: “ ♀ Amasia, Asie min.” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ Gryllus algirius Sss. ” [handwritten on blue paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. The left antenna, most of the right antenna, the right front and middle legs and the left hind leg are lost. A ♀ with labels: “ ♀ Algérie, Vae de Saussure” [handwritten on ruled white card with “ Algérie ” printed]; “ Gryllus algirius Sss. ” [handwritten on blue paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Both antennae and the tarsi of the right hind leg are lost. A ♀ with labels: “ ♀ Algérie, Vae de Saussure” [handwritten on ruled white card with “ Algérie ” printed]; “ Gryllus algirius Sss. ” [handwritten on blue paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Both antennae and the left middle leg are missing. The left side of the ovipositor is broken off about one third of its length from the abdomen. Box A 13 .

Modicogryllus algirius algirius ( Saussure, 1877) .