Turanogryllus histrio, Saussure, 1878: 467 - 468

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 : 486

histrio Saussure, 1878: 467-468 [ Homoeoxiphus ].

Ceylan (leg. Humbert). Unspecified number of ♀ .

One ♀ syntype with labels: “ ♀ Ceylan, M. Humbert ” [handwritten on printed white card with “ Ceylan ” printed]; “ Homoeoxiphus histrio Sauss. ” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded. It has been card mounted, apparently after having broken where the pin was inserted, in three pieces: the head, which lacks most of the right antenna; the prothorax, which lacks the left front leg, and the rest of the body. Box A23 .

A junior synonym of Homeoxypha lycoides (Walker, 1869) .