Tridactylus fissipes, Saussure, 1874 b: 352 - 353

Hollier, John & Heads, Sam W., 2012, An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type specimens housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 1: The Tridactyloidea (Caelifera), Revue suisse de Zoologie 119 (2), pp. 149-160 : 154

fissipes Saussure, 1874b: 352-353 , fig. 25 [ Tridactylus ].

États-Unis, Louisiane. Unspecified number of Ƌ and ♀ .

Lectotype Ƌ (designated by Günther, 1974: 1066) with labels: “Ƌ, Louisiana, Etats Unis, Mr H. d. Sauss.” [handwritten on ruled white card with “Etats Unis” printed]; “Ƌ” [printed on a small square of white card]; “ A fissipes Sss Ƌ ♀ ” [handwritten in pencil on white paper]; “ Tridactylus fissipes Sauss. Ƌ ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Tridactylus fissipes Saussure Ƌ , det K.K. Günther 1972, Lectotypus ” [handwritten by Günther on white card with “det K.K. Günther 197” printed]; “Lecto- TYPUS” [“Lecto” handwritten and “TYPUS” printed on red card]; “ Neotridactylus apicalis Say Ƌ , det K.K. Günther 1972, Lectotypus ” [handwritten by Günther on white card with “det K.K. Günther 197” printed]. Specimen set with left fore wing spread; the right antenna, the tarsi of the right middle leg and the left hind leg are missing. There is also a ♀ paralectotype in the MHNG collection. Box A4c.

A junior synonym of Neotridactylus apicalis (Say, 1825) .